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Dolly Parton is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Executive Producer and Theme Song Performance American born on 19 january 1946 at Tennessee (USA)

Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton
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Birth name Dolly Rebecca Parton
Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1946 (78 years) at Tennessee (USA)
Awards Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, National Medal of Arts

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian, known primarily for her work in country music. Her career began as a child performer on the Cas Walker radio show, then recording a few singles from the age of 13. Relocating to Nashville at age 18 in 1964, her first commercial successes were as a songwriter (her songs during this period were covered by numerous artists, including Bill Phillips and Kitty Wells). She rose to prominence in 1967 as a featured performer on singer Porter Wagoner's weekly syndicated TV program; their first duet single, a cover of Tom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind", was a top-ten hit on the country singles chart and led to several successful albums before they ended their partnership in 1974. Moving towards mainstream pop music, her 1977 single "Here You Come Again" was a success on both the country and pop charts. A string of pop-country hits followed into the mid-1980s, the most successful being her 1980 hit "9 to 5" (from the film of the same name) and her 1983 duet with Kenny Rogers "Islands in the Stream", both of which topped the U.S. pop and country singles charts. A pair of albums recorded with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris were among her later successes. In the late 1990s, she returned to classic country/bluegrass with a series of acclaimed recordings. Non-musical ventures include Dollywood, a theme park in Pigeon Forge in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, and her efforts on behalf of childhood literacy, particularly her Imagination Library, as well as Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede and Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show.

Parton is the most honored female country performer of all time. Achieving 25 RIAA certified gold, platinum, and multi-platinum awards, she has had 25 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts, a record for a female artist. She has 41 career top 10 country albums, a record for any artist, and she has 110 career charted singles over the past 40 years. All-inclusive sales of singles, albums, hits collections, and digital downloads during her career have topped 100 million worldwide. She has garnered eight Grammy Awards, two Academy Award nominations, ten Country Music Association Awards, seven Academy of Country Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and is one of only seven female artists to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year Award. Parton has received 46 Grammy nominations, tying her with Bruce Springsteen for the most Grammy nominations and placing her in tenth place overall.

In 1999, she was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. She has composed over 3,000 songs, the best known of which include "I Will Always Love You" (a two-time U.S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston), "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", "9 to 5", and "My Tennessee Mountain Home". Parton is also one of the few to have received at least one nomination from the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards, and Emmy Awards.

As an actress, she starred in 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Rhinestone, A Smoky Mountain Christmas, Steel Magnolias, Wild Texas Wind, Gnomeo & Juliet, Straight Talk, Unlikely Angel, Blue Valley Songbird, and Joyful Noise.

Biography

Dolly Parton est issue d'une famille pauvre du Tennessee. Pendant de nombreuses années, son père cultive le tabac mais pour des raisons économiques doit déménager à Détroit dans les industries automobiles. La chanteuse grandit au sein d'une fratrie de douze enfants dans une vétuste maison en bois où ils dorment à cinq enfants dans le même lit.


Débuts
Dolly Parton commence très jeune sa carrière, vers l'âge de 11 ans. Elle bénéficie de l'aide de son oncle Bill qui travaille alors à la radio locale. C'est avec son aide qu'elle va chanter sa première chanson « Puppy Love » à la radio. Après ses 18 ans, elle prend la direction de la capitale de la musique country, Nashville. C'est là-bas qu'elle fait la rencontre de Porter Wagoner, chanteur de country et aussi animateur de l'une des plus grandes émissions musicales de l'époque, qui décide d'engager Dolly Parton vers la fin des années 1960 en tant que chanteuse. Elle prend rapidement une place de plus en plus centrale dans l'émission et aura même le droit d'animer l'émission à plusieurs reprises. Elle va également enregistrer plusieurs albums avec Porter Wagoner dont certains morceaux à succès. Mais Dolly ayant de plus grandes ambitions, elle écrit et chante donc plusieurs chansons, mais restées sans grande reconnaissance.


Succès
Son premier grand succès fut d'abord sur la scène country avec la reprise de « mule skinner blues » suivi par « dumb blonde » issu de son premier album hello I'm dolly. En 1973 elle décide de quitter le Porter Wagoner Show pour se concentrer sur sa carrière mais elle le fait à sa façon, elle écrit une chanson à Porter Wagoner pour lui dire à quel point elle l'aime et pour le remercier. Il s'agit de la chanson mondialement connue et reprise par Whitney Houston, « I Will Always Love You ».

Elle cultive toujours un profond attachement à ses racines du Tennessee, entre souvenirs d'enfance et autres influences rurales, mais elle pousse loin la contradiction en développant une image « glamour », tantôt « crash », tantôt volontairement « kitsch », qui lui permet d'avoir une influence qui va bien au-delà de la musique country ou gospel.

Lors de son premier concert événement à New York en 1978, après dix années basées principalement à Nashville, Mick Jagger des Rolling Stones et Patti Smith assistent au spectacle.



En 1986, elle fait l'acquisition d'un parc d'attractions en faillite dans le Tennessee, qu'elle remet sur la voie du succès. Celui-ci, situé à Pigeon Forge, dans le Parc national des Great Smoky Mountains porte le nom de Dollywood, un clin d'œil à Hollywood.

Après des années 1980 « pop », et parfois un peu passéistes, elle décide avec le succès déclinant (malgré le succès mondial de Whitney Houston en 1992 avec sa chanson) de retourner dans le Tennessee en 1996.

En 1999, elle enregistre pour la première fois, un disque de bluegrass : The Grass Is Blue. Un retour aux sources couronné d'acclamations critiques (Grammy Awards du meilleur album bluegrass et nombreux autres prix) et elle retrouve à nouveau un certain succès public qui se confirme avec Little Sparrow en 2001 et Halos and Horns en 2002 qui contient une reprise de Led Zeppelin : Stairway to Heaven.

En 2002, elle entame pour la première fois en dix ans une mini-tournée pour promouvoir son album. Dolly Parton, surprise par l'accueil et par son propre plaisir de la route, décide alors de refaire des tournées mondiales « avant d'être trop vieille pour le faire. » Cela l'amène en Europe en mars/avril 2007 où elle fait salle comble en Norvège, en Suède, aux Pays-Bas, en Angleterre, en Écosse et en Irlande.



En 2006, elle obtient une nomination aux Academy Awards (Oscars) et aux Golden Globes pour la chanson originale Travelin' Thru du film Transamerica.



En 2008, Dolly Parton revient avec un album de « country mainstream » qui se classe à sa sortie à la 17e place des charts pop aux États-Unis (un record en première semaine pour elle) et 2e place au classement country. Elle ne souhaite pas revenir dans une major pour ce projet. Une nouvelle tournée passe par l'Europe en 2008 : la « Backwood Barbie Tour » avec 17 villes européennes et 170 000 spectateurs, faisant d'elle l'artiste country qui a le plus de succès en Europe. Cette tournée s'est prolongée aux États-Unis.

En 2011, le nouvel album Better Days ne rencontre pas autant de succès que le précédent aux États-Unis mais entre dans le Top 10 au Royaume-Uni. Une nouvelle tournée baptisée « Better Days Tour » est organisée. Elle comprendra 20 concerts aux États-Unis, 18 en Europe et 12 en Australie, pays dans lequel elle n'était pas allée depuis trente ans. Une polémique surgit en Australie : Dolly Parton tenait à son habituel bus de tournée en Océanie, véritable salon roulant. Mais son gabarit hors-norme, son poids, et ses portes ne s'ouvrant pas du bon côté provoquèrent un refus des douanes. C'est le ministre des Transports en personne qui résout le problème et permet la venue de Dolly. Un CD/DVD enregistré à Melbourne est prévu en 2012.

En 2012, le nouveau film Joyful Noise tourné en 2011 avec la célèbre Queen Latifah, portant sur une chorale de gospel en perdition, tiraillée par les deux femmes, est un très grand succès.

À ce jour, Dolly Parton a écrit plus de 3 000 chansons et a produit plus de 65 albums.

Elle s'est également engagée depuis 1990 dans une organisation à but non lucratif, Imagination Library, qui vise à offrir gratuitement des livres chaque mois à des enfants du Royaume-Uni, du Canada et des États-Unis.


Anecdotes

La brebis Dolly, célèbre pour avoir été le premier mammifère cloné de l'histoire (à Édimbourg en Écosse), a été nommée ainsi en hommage à Dolly Parton et à sa poitrine abondante (référence au fait que le clonage fut réalisé à partir de cellules de glande mammaire).
Dolly est aussi la marraine de Miley Cyrus, la fille du chanteur country Billy Ray Cyrus, qui est également un de ses amis proches.
Dolly Parton apparait dans un épisode des Simpsons (Les Prisonniers du stade), où elle libère de la prison du Superbowl Homer et d'autres habitants de Springfield qui ont été victimes d'une arnaque aux faux billets. Elle utilise un dissolvant très puissant tiré de son maquillage pour détruire la serrure.
Dans American Dad! l'épisode Bush vient diner (saison 2 épisode 10), Roger l'extraterrestre tente de retrouver Oussama Ben Laden afin de racheter Dollywood avec la récompense. On l'entendra aussi chanter deux succès de Dolly tel que 9 to 5 et Jolene.
Dans The Cleveland Show l'épisode De retour dans le Sud (saison 1 épisode 1), Cleveland énonce l'idée de faire du tourisme dans la maison où elle aurait grandit. On la voit, nourrisson, arborant une très opulente poitrine qui semble la faire pleurer, tandis que son père plaisante en disant qu'elle pourrait « s'allaiter toute seule », ce qui lui vaut les remontrances de sa femme.
Dans l'épisode 15 de la saison 2 de 90210, Adrianna chante la chanson Jolene.
Au Poker Texas Hold'em, la main 9 et 5 a comme surnom Dolly Parton, en référence à la chanson 9 to 5.
Dans le film Bliss, Bliss Cavender fredonne le refrain de Jolene en en modifiant légèrement les paroles.
Dans la série Glee, Coach Beiste (Dot Jones) chante la chanson Jolene en assimilant Jolene au personnage de Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch).
Elle apparaît dans la chanson de Thierry Hazard Le Jerk :
« Elle se dit qu'avec son tour de poitrine,
Du genre Dolly Parton ».
Elle est également citée dans la chanson de François Pérusse, Snack Bar Chez Raymond : « Pis mon vieux, quand tu r'viens de manger là Ça fait un' boule su' l'estomac, fait que Dolly Parton Quand qu'a y va, ça y en fait trois ».
Peter Gabriel s'inspira de l'histoire de la Grande Dépression américaine pour écrire la chanson Don't Give Up, et se rapprocha de la chanteuse country Dolly Parton pour qu'elle chante avec lui. Cette dernière refusa ; Kate Bush, qui avait déjà collaboré avec lui sur Games Without Frontiers, prit sa place.
Dans le film Dumplin' (2018) avec Jennifer Aniston, la bande son est signé Dolly Parton, un film où il lui est rendu hommage.
En 2019, elle chante aux côtés du groupe for King & Country le titre God Only Knows.

Best films

Nine to Five (1980)
(Actress)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
(Actress)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
(Actress)

Usually with

Colin Higgins
Colin Higgins
(2 films)
Paula Abdul
Paula Abdul
(1 films)
Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Dolly Parton (21 films)

Display filmography as list

Actress

Wild Texas Wind, 1h36
Directed by Joan Tewkesbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dolly Parton, Gary Busey, Dennis Letts, Willie Nelson
Roles Thiola Rayfield
Rating56% 2.815352.815352.815352.815352.81535
The story centers around singer Thiola Rayfield (Parton) and her band Big T and the Texas Wheelers. The plot follows the band's climb to success and Thiola's tumultuous relationship with their violently abusive, alcoholic manager Justice Parker (Busey). In the midst of the chaos, a murder occurs, leaving authorities with a trio of suspects and a mystery to solve.
Steel Magnolias, 1h57
Directed by Herbert Ross
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films
Actors Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts
Roles Truvy Jones
Rating72% 3.6493453.6493453.6493453.6493453.649345
Annelle Dupuy (Daryl Hannah), a reserved and ditzy beauty school graduate, is hired by Truvy Jones (Dolly Parton) to work in her home-based beauty salon in northwestern Louisiana. At the same time in another part of the neighbourhood, M'Lynn Eatenton (Sally Field) and her daughter, Shelby (Julia Roberts), are preparing for Shelby's wedding day, which is taking place later that day. They arrive, along with Clairee Belcher (Olympia Dukakis), the cheerful widow of the late former mayor, to have their hair done. Suddenly, Shelby, who has type one diabetes, falls into a hypoglycemic state but recovers quickly with the help of her mother's persistence and quick thinking. M'Lynn explains that Shelby was recently informed by doctors that she isn't able to have children.
A Smoky Mountain Christmas, 1h34
Directed by Henry Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, John Ritter, Danny Cooksey, Dan Hedaya
Roles Lorna Davis
Rating68% 3.440933.440933.440933.440933.44093
Country music superstar Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and loneliness. She plans a trip to a friend's cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains to escape and recuperate during the Christmas season.
Rhinestone
Rhinestone (1984)
, 1h52
Directed by Bob Clark
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Sylvester Stallone, Dolly Parton, Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman, Tim Thomerson, Ritch Brinkley
Roles Jake Ferris
Rating40% 2.0068752.0068752.0068752.0068752.006875
Jake Farris (Dolly Parton), a country singer stuck in a long-term contract performing at a sleazy urban cowboy nightclub in New York City, boasts to the club's manager, Freddie (Ron Leibman), that she can make anybody into a country sensation, insisting that she can turn any normal guy into a country singer in just two weeks. Freddie accepts Jake's bet, putting up the remainder of Jake's contract (if she wins the bet, the contract becomes void; if she loses, another five years will be added). He then ups the ante: if Jake loses, she must also sleep with him. The problem is that Freddie can select the man, and he selects an obnoxious New York cabbie named Nick Martinelli (Sylvester Stallone). Nick not only has no musical talent whatsoever, he claims to hate country music "worse than liver". Realizing she is stuck with Nick, Jake takes him back to the hills of Tennessee for a two-week crash course in how to walk, talk, and sing like a genuine country star.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, 1h54
Directed by Colin Higgins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Erotic thriller films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Theresa Merritt, Jim Nabors
Roles Mona Stangley
Rating60% 3.0010653.0010653.0010653.0010653.001065
Ed Earl (Reynolds), the sheriff of Gilbert, Texas, has a relationship of long standing with Miss Mona (Parton), who runs a brothel there called the "Chicken Coop." Illegal or not, Ed Earl doesn't interfere with her business, which has been a fixture in the town for as long as either can remember.
Nine to Five, 1h50
Directed by Colin Higgins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, Marian Mercer, Colin Higgins
Roles Doralee Rhodes
Rating68% 3.4497953.4497953.4497953.4497953.449795
Judy Bernly (Jane Fonda) is forced to find work after her husband, Dick (Lawrence Pressman), runs off with his secretary. Judy finds employment as a secretary at Consolidated Companies. The senior office supervisor, Violet Newstead (Lily Tomlin), introduces Judy to the company and staff, including Mail Room Clerk Eddie , Alcoholic Margaret Foster and the sleazy Franklin Hart, Jr. (Dabney Coleman), and Roz Keith (Elizabeth Wilson), Hart's executive assistant. Violet reveals to Judy that Hart is supposedly involved with his buxom secretary, Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton). Hart exploits and mistreats his female subordinates, with backstabbing and sexist remarks. He cruelly yells at and threatens Judy on her first day after an equipment malfunction and sexually harasses Doralee, spreading rumors about an affair that never happened.

Scriptwriter

Wild Texas Wind, 1h36
Directed by Joan Tewkesbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dolly Parton, Gary Busey, Dennis Letts, Willie Nelson
Roles Story
Rating56% 2.815352.815352.815352.815352.81535
The story centers around singer Thiola Rayfield (Parton) and her band Big T and the Texas Wheelers. The plot follows the band's climb to success and Thiola's tumultuous relationship with their violently abusive, alcoholic manager Justice Parker (Busey). In the midst of the chaos, a murder occurs, leaving authorities with a trio of suspects and a mystery to solve.
A Smoky Mountain Christmas, 1h34
Directed by Henry Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, John Ritter, Danny Cooksey, Dan Hedaya
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.440933.440933.440933.440933.44093
Country music superstar Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and loneliness. She plans a trip to a friend's cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains to escape and recuperate during the Christmas season.

Production

Blue Valley Songbird, 1h31
Directed by Richard Colla
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Dolly Parton, John Terry, Beth Grant, Kimberley Kates, Joe Keenan
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59% 2.999662.999662.999662.999662.99966
Dolly Parton stars as country singer Leana Taylor who struggles to escape from her controlling manager/boyfriend, Hank (John Terry), as well as her troubled past. After turning to her guitarist (Billy Dean), Leanna finally faces her past, including her estranged mother and the death of her father.
Unlikely Angel
Directed by Michael Switzer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dolly Parton, Roddy McDowall, Allison Mack, Maria del Mar, Eli Marienthal, Brian Kerwin
Roles Executive Producer
Rating62% 3.1496453.1496453.1496453.1496453.149645
Parton stars as a somewhat-selfish country singer, Ruby Diamond, whose untimely death while driving at night results in her gaining an audience with St. Peter (Roddy McDowall). He offers her a rather unusual arrangement: she will return to Earth on a mission to reunite the suburban Bartilson family (a family that's been torn apart ever since the mother died). If she succeeds by midnight on Christmas Eve, then she will be granted her wings as an angel. If not, she will receive a fate much worse.
Wild Texas Wind, 1h36
Directed by Joan Tewkesbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dolly Parton, Gary Busey, Dennis Letts, Willie Nelson
Roles Executive Producer
Rating56% 2.815352.815352.815352.815352.81535
The story centers around singer Thiola Rayfield (Parton) and her band Big T and the Texas Wheelers. The plot follows the band's climb to success and Thiola's tumultuous relationship with their violently abusive, alcoholic manager Justice Parker (Busey). In the midst of the chaos, a murder occurs, leaving authorities with a trio of suspects and a mystery to solve.

Sound

Unlikely Angel
Directed by Michael Switzer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dolly Parton, Roddy McDowall, Allison Mack, Maria del Mar, Eli Marienthal, Brian Kerwin
Roles Songs
Rating62% 3.1496453.1496453.1496453.1496453.149645
Parton stars as a somewhat-selfish country singer, Ruby Diamond, whose untimely death while driving at night results in her gaining an audience with St. Peter (Roddy McDowall). He offers her a rather unusual arrangement: she will return to Earth on a mission to reunite the suburban Bartilson family (a family that's been torn apart ever since the mother died). If she succeeds by midnight on Christmas Eve, then she will be granted her wings as an angel. If not, she will receive a fate much worse.
Straight Talk, 1h31
Directed by Barnet Kellman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dolly Parton, James Woods, Griffin Dunne, Michael Madsen, John Sayles, Teri Hatcher
Roles Songs
Rating57% 2.8530752.8530752.8530752.8530752.853075
Shirlee Kenyon is a down-home country girl who, through a series of mistakes, is hired as a radio talk show host. Her show is wildly successful but her success is based on the lie that she is actually a clinical psychologist. She has to learn that giving advice and following it can be harder than she thought.
Wild Texas Wind, 1h36
Directed by Joan Tewkesbury
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dolly Parton, Gary Busey, Dennis Letts, Willie Nelson
Roles Music Supervisor
Rating56% 2.815352.815352.815352.815352.81535
The story centers around singer Thiola Rayfield (Parton) and her band Big T and the Texas Wheelers. The plot follows the band's climb to success and Thiola's tumultuous relationship with their violently abusive, alcoholic manager Justice Parker (Busey). In the midst of the chaos, a murder occurs, leaving authorities with a trio of suspects and a mystery to solve.
A Smoky Mountain Christmas, 1h34
Directed by Henry Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Christmas films
Actors Dolly Parton, Lee Majors, Bo Hopkins, John Ritter, Danny Cooksey, Dan Hedaya
Roles Songs
Rating68% 3.440933.440933.440933.440933.44093
Country music superstar Lorna Davis (Dolly Parton) is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and loneliness. She plans a trip to a friend's cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains to escape and recuperate during the Christmas season.