Editing Dolly Parton (section)

=== Acting ===

==== Breakthrough ====
In addition to her performing appearances on ''[[The Porter Wagoner Show]]'' in the 1960s and into the 1970s, her two self-titled television variety shows in the [[Dolly!|1970s]] and [[Dolly (1987 TV series)|1980s]], and on ''American Idol'' in 2008 and other guest appearances, Parton has had television roles. In 1979, she received an Emmy award nomination as "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Variety Program" for her guest appearance in a [[Cher]] special.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dolly Parton|url=http://www.allgoodseats.com/Dolly-Parton.html|website=AllGoodSeats.com|publisher=All Good Seats|access-date=June 9, 2014}}</ref> During the mid-1970s, Parton wanted to expand her audience base. Although her first attempt, the television variety show ''[[Dolly!]]'' (1976–77), had high ratings, it lasted only one season, with Parton requesting to be released from her contract because of the stress it was causing on her [[vocal cords]]. (She later tried a second television variety show, also titled ''[[Dolly (1987 TV series)|Dolly]]'' (1987–88); it too lasted only one season).

In her first feature film, Parton portrayed a secretary in a leading role with [[Jane Fonda]] and [[Lily Tomlin]] in the comedy film ''[[9 to 5 (film)|9{{spaces}}to{{spaces}}5]]'' (1980). The movie highlights discrimination against women in the workplace and created awareness of the National Association of Working Women (9–5).<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Dargis|first1=Manohla|last2=Scott|first2=A. O.|date=June 16, 2020|title=Punching the Clock (and the Boss) With Dolly, Lily and Jane|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/movies/nine-to-five-viewers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617011449/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/movies/nine-to-five-viewers.html |archive-date=June 17, 2020 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=August 20, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She received nominations for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy]] and a [[Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year&nbsp;– Actress]].<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C137|title=Dolly Parton – Biography|publisher=[[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]|access-date=February 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910084613/http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/bio/C137|archive-date=September 10, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Golden Globes">{{cite web|url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28736|title=Award Search – Dolly Parton|publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]]|access-date=February 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312114043/http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/member/28736|archive-date=March 12, 2012}}</ref> Parton wrote and recorded the film's title song. It received nominations for an [[Academy Award for Best Song]] and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song]].<ref name="Golden Globes"/> Released as a single, the song won both the [[Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance]] and the [[Grammy Award for Best Country Song]]. It also reached no.{{spaces}}1 on the Hot 100 chart and it was no.{{spaces}}78 on the "[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs]]" list released by the [[American Film Institute]] in 2004. ''9 to 5'' became a major box office success, grossing over $3.9{{spaces}}million its opening weekend, and over $103{{spaces}}million worldwide. Parton was named Top Female Box Office Star by the ''[[Motion Picture Herald]]'' in both 1981 and 1982 due to the film's success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/dolly-parton.html|title=Dolly Parton bio|publisher=Thebiographychannel.co.uk|access-date=March 26, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531022100/http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/dolly-parton.html|archive-date=May 31, 2012}}</ref>

In late 1981, Parton began filming her second film, the [[musical film]] ''[[The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (film)|The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas]]'' (1982).<ref name="Hall of Fame"/> The film earned her a second nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress{{snd}}Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.<ref name="Golden Globes"/> The film was greeted with positive critical reviews and became a commercial success, earning over $69{{spaces}}million worldwide. After a two-year hiatus from films, Parton was teamed with [[Sylvester Stallone]] for ''[[Rhinestone (film)|Rhinestone]]'' (1984), a comedy film about a country music star's efforts to mold an unknown into a music sensation. The film was a critical and financial failure, making just over $21{{spaces}}million on a $28{{spaces}}million budget.

==== Continued roles ====
In 1989, Parton returned to film acting in ''[[Steel Magnolias]]'' (1989), based on the play ''[[Steel Magnolias (play)|Steel Magnolias]]'' by [[Robert Harling (writer)|Robert Harling]]. The film was popular with critics and audiences, grossing over $95{{spaces}}million in the U.S. Parton starred in the [[television movie]]s ''[[A Smoky Mountain Christmas]]'' (1986), ''[[Wild Texas Wind]]'' (1991), ''[[Unlikely Angel]]'' (1996), portraying an angel sent back to earth after a deadly car crash, and ''[[Blue Valley Songbird]]'' (1999), where her character lives through her music. She starred with [[James Woods]] in ''[[Straight Talk]]'' (1992), which received mixed reviews, and grossed a mild $21{{spaces}}million at the box office.<ref>[https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=straighttalk.htm Straight Talk], boxofficemojo.com; accessed March 31, 2014.</ref>

Parton's 1987 variety show ''[[Dolly (1987 TV series)|Dolly]]'' lasted only one season. She made a [[cameo appearance]] as herself in ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1993), an adaptation of the long-running TV sitcom ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1962–1971).<ref name="Hall of Fame"/> Parton has done [[voice acting|voice work]] for animation for television series, playing herself in ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)|Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' (episode "Urban Chipmunk", 1983) and the character Katrina Eloise "Murph" Murphy (Ms. Frizzle's first cousin) in ''[[The Magic School Bus]]'' (episode "The Family Holiday Special", 1994). She also has guest-starred in several sitcoms, including a 1990 episode of ''[[Designing Women]]'' (episode "The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century") as herself, the guardian movie star of Charlene's baby.<ref>[http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Episodes/Four.html ''Designing Women'', Season{{spaces}}4 Episode Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625235600/http://www.designingwomenonline.com/Episodes/Four.html|date=June 25, 2009}}; airdate: January 1, 1990.</ref> She made a guest appearance on ''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]'' (episode "Reba's Rules of Real Estate") portraying a [[real estate|real-estate]] [[agency (law)|agency]] owner and on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (episode "[[Sunday, Cruddy Sunday]]", 1999). She appeared as herself in 2000 on the Halloween episode of [[Bette Midler]]'s short-lived sitcom ''[[Bette (TV series)|Bette]]'', and on episode 14 of ''[[Babes (TV Series)|Babes]]'' (produced by Sandollar Productions, Parton and [[Sandy Gallin]]'s joint production company). She made cameo appearances on the [[Disney Channel]] as "Aunt Dolly", visiting Hannah and her family in fellow Tennessean and real-life [[goddaughter]] [[Miley Cyrus]]'s series ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' (episodes "Good Golly, Miss Dolly", 2006, "I Will Always Loathe You", 2007, and "Kiss It All Goodbye", 2010). She was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Dolly Parton radio interview with|series=US*99.5's Morning Show hosts Lisa Dent & Ramblin' Ray|url=http://us99.com/pages/613973.php|air-date=November 2, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018040550/http://us99.com/pages/613973.php|archive-date=October 18, 2007}}</ref>

Parton appeared as an overprotective mother in the comedy ''[[Frank McKlusky, C.I.]]''. (2002) She made a cameo appearance in the comedy film ''[[Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous]]'', starring [[Sandra Bullock]]. She was featured in ''[[The Book Lady]]'' (2008), a documentary about her campaign for children's [[literacy]]. Parton expected to reprise her television role as Hannah's [[godparent|godmother]] in the musical comedy film ''[[Hannah Montana: The Movie]]'' (2009), but the character was omitted from the screenplay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/thatsreallyweek/36767/feb-16-23-he-said-she-said|date=February 19, 2008|title=February 16–23: He Said, She Said|author=Parker, Lyndsey|publisher=That's Really Week! (blog of [[Yahoo! Music]])|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>

==== Since 2010 ====
Parton had a voice role in the comedy [[family film]] ''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]'' (2011), an animated film with [[garden gnomes]] about [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''. She co-starred with [[Queen Latifah]] in the musical film ''[[Joyful Noise (film)|Joyful Noise]]'' (2012),<ref>{{cite web|last=McNary|first=Dave|url=https://variety.com/2010/film/markets-festivals/queen-latifah-dolly-parton-make-noise-1118023171/|title=Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton Make Noise – Thesps To Star in Alcon Gospel-Choir Feature|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=August 20, 2010|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> playing a choir director's widow who joins forces with Latifah's character, a mother of two teens, to save a small Georgia town's [[gospel choir]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.sky.com/dolly-back-after-18-year-break|title=Dolly Back after 18 Year Break|publisher=[[Sky Movies]]|access-date=February 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716083800/http://movies.sky.com/dolly-back-after-18-year-break|archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> ''[[Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors]]'', a made-for-TV film based on Parton's song "[[Coat of Many Colors (song)|Coat of Many Colors]]", and featuring narration by Parton, aired on NBC in December 2015, with child actress [[Alyvia Alyn Lind]] portraying the young Parton. Parton also had a cameo in [[Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love|the sequel]], which aired in November 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Dunkerley|first1=Beville|title=Dolly Parton to Play Prostitute in New Christmas Movie|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/dolly-parton-to-play-prostitute-in-new-christmas-movie-w436066|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=February 3, 2017|date=August 24, 2016}}</ref>

In June 2018, Parton announced an eight-part Netflix series, featuring her music career.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/616912221/dolly-parton-announces-eight-part-netflix-series-based-on-her-music|title=Dolly Parton Announces Eight-Part Netflix Series Based On Her Music|work=NPR|access-date=June 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://hellogiggles.com/news/dolly-parton-netflix-anthology/|title=Netflix is making a Dolly Parton series|work=HelloGiggles|access-date=June 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref> She is its executive producer and co-star.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/dolly-parton-netflix-anthology-series-1202829328/|title=Netflix Orders Dolly Parton Anthology Series Based on Her Music|last=Chuba|first=Kirsten|date=June 4, 2018|work=Variety|access-date=June 5, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The series, called ''[[Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (TV series)|Dolly Parton's Heartstrings]]'', aired in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/nov/22/dolly-partons-heartstrings-review-country-legend-sells-us-a-bum-steer|title=Dolly Parton's Heartstrings review – country legend sells us a bum steer|access-date=November 28, 2019|language=en}}</ref> Parton is the subject of the [[NPR]] podcast ''[[Dolly Parton's America]]''. It is hosted by [[Jad Abumrad]], who also hosts [[Radiolab]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/podcasts/765024913/dolly-parton-s-america|title=Dolly Parton's America|website=NPR|date=July 6, 2021 }}</ref> In December 2019, the biographical documentary ''[[Dolly Parton: Here I Am|Here I Am]]'' was added to the catalog of the [[Netflix]] streaming service. The documentary, a co-production of Netflix and the [[BBC]], takes its name from Parton's [[Here I Am (Dolly Parton song)|1971 song]].

In November 2020, Parton produced and starred in the Netflix musical film ''[[Christmas on the Square|Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square]]'', which won her a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/dolly-parton|title=Dolly Parton|website=emmys.com|publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=September 13, 2021}}</ref> In November 2021, Parton was confirmed to be appearing in the final season of ''[[Grace and Frankie]]'' in a guest-starring role, reuniting with her ''9 to 5'' co-stars [[Lily Tomlin]] and [[Jane Fonda]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Gonzalez | first=Sandra | title='Grace and Frankie' staging '9 to 5' reunion with Dolly Parton guest role | website=CNN | date=November 5, 2021 | url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/entertainment/dolly-parton-grace-and-frankie/index.html | access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref> In July 2022, Parton appeared as a simulation of herself on sci-fi show ''[[The Orville]]'' in the episode "Midnight Blue".<ref>{{cite web | last=Weston | first=Christopher | title=The Orville fans praise country icon Dolly Parton's 'beyond perfect' cameo | website=HITC | date=July 21, 2022 | url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/07/21/dolly-parton-the-orville/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722010721/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/07/21/dolly-parton-the-orville/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 22, 2022 | access-date=July 21, 2022 }}</ref> In December 2022, Parton appeared in an NBC special titled ''Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas''. On Thanksgiving 2023, Parton performed songs during halftime at the [[Washington Commanders]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]] [[NFL on Thanksgiving Day|NFL football game]].<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=Sports Illustrated | date=November 23, 2023 | last=Chavkin | first=Daniel | title=NFL Fans Adored Dolly Parton's Performance at Halftime of Cowboys-Commanders | url=https://www.si.com/nfl/2023/11/23/dolly-parton-halftime-show-cowboys-commanders-nfl-loved | access-date=November 24, 2023}}</ref>