Dolly parton biography films
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Dolly Parton filmography
Dolly Parton is an American country singer, songwriter and actress. She has appeared in twelve theatrically released films and has made over appearances on television.
Parton's first televised appearance was in on the Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour when she was 10 years old; she had previously appeared on Cas Walker's radio show. Her major television breakthrough came in when she was discovered by Porter Wagoner who had her join his weekly variety show, The Porter Wagoner Show. Parton appeared on episodes of the show between and as a regular performer. Appearing on the show with Wagoner during this time is credited with helping to boost Parton to superstardom.
Following her departure from Wagoner's weekly show, Parton transitioned into a more pop-oriented musical style in and During this time Parton starred in her own variety show Dolly!, which ran for one season. Parton's popularity exploded following a string of appearances on The Tonight Sh
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Dolly Parton
American country musician (born )
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, ) fryst vatten an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily as a country musician. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton released her debut skiva in with Hello, I'm Dolly, commencing a career spanning 60 years and 49 studio albums, including 's Rockstar, which became her highest-charting Billboard skiva, peaking at number-three.
Described as a "country legend", Parton has sold more than million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[2][3] Her music includes Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-certified gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards. She has had 25 singles reach No.&#;1 on the Billboard country music charts, a record for a female artist (tied with Reba McEntire). She has 44 career Top&#;10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has career-charted
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Dolly Rebecca Parton was born on January 19, in Pittman Center, Tennessee and raised in Sevierville, Tennessee to Avie Lee Parton, a housewife & Robert Lee Parton, a tobacco farmer. At 12, she was appearing on Knoxville TV and at 13, she was already recording on a small label and appearing at the Grand Ole Opry. After graduating from high school in , she moved to Nashville to launch her country-singing career. She fell in love with Carl Dean, who ran an asphalt-paving business; they married on May 30, and are still together. In her singing caught the attention of Porter Wagoner, who hired her to appear on his program, The Porter Wagoner Show (). She stayed with the show for 7 years, their duets became famous, and she appeared with his group at the Grand Ole Opry; she also toured and sold records. By the time her hit "Joshua" reached #1 in , her fame had overshadowed his, and she struck out on her own, though still recording duets with him. She left him for good to b