Paul Natkin / GettyDolly Parton performs at the Mill Run Theater in Niles, Illinois, on August 29, 1977.Michael Ochs Archives / GettyDolly Parton and her collaborator Porter Wagoner perform onstage, circa 1967.Ron Hill / The Oklahoman / USA Today Network / ReutersDolly Parton and the Wagon Masters pick and sing for a Civic Center Music Hall audience in Oklahoma City on October 8, 1968.Gary Null / NBC / GettyDolly Parton sings for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show on December 14, 1977.Tom Hill / WireImageDolly Parton greets her fans at an in-store appearance at Peaches Records on May 3, 1977, in Atlanta.WENN / ReutersLily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Jane Fonda, in costume on the set of the 1980 movie 9 to 5.20th Century Fox / ZUMA Press / ReutersSylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton appear on set in the 1984 movie Rhinestone.Doug Pizac / APDolly Parton and Kenny Rogers rehearse a song for their appearance on the TV show Live … And In Person, in Los Angeles on September 27, 1983.John Seakwood / Disney General Entertainment / GettyDolly Parton sits in on a performance at Dollywood in 1987.GettyDolly Parton meets young schoolchildren at the Magna Science and Adventure Park on December 5, 2007, in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. Parton chose the former steelworks town to be the first European location to participate in her “Imagination Library” literacy scheme. The charitable program, which she launched in her hometown of Sevierville, Tennessee, in 1996, encourages young children to discover the joys of reading, by sending every participating pre-school-age child a free book every month.Bebeto Matthews / APFrom left: Patricia Resnick, Dolly Parton, Robert Greenblatt, Megan Hilty, Allison Janney, and Stephanie Block react during a press conference for the new musical 9 to 5 in New York, on July 15, 2008.Rick Diamond / GettyKeith Urban and Dolly Parton perform onstage at the 2010 We’re All for the Hall benefit concert at the Bridgestone Arena on October 5, 2010, in Nashville, Tennessee.Christopher Polk / ACM2016 / Getty for DCPDolly Parton accepts the Tex Ritter Award for Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors onstage at the 51st Academy of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 3, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada.Kevin Winter / Getty for The Recording AcademyDolly Parton and Miley Cyrus perform together during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles.Jason Kempin / GettyDolly Parton attends the opening of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s new exhibit “Dolly Parton: Journey of a Seeker” on May 19, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee.Angelina Alcantar / News Sentinel / USA Today / ReutersOn March 13, 2026, Dolly Parton blows a kiss to fans during the DeWitt Tour on the opening day of Dollywood's 41st season in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.David Crane / MediaNews Group / Los Angeles Daily News / GettyFlowers adorn the star of Dolly Parton on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 25, 2026.