Dolly Parton’s Life and Career in Pictures

Circa 1955 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Parton poses for a portrait in Tennessee. 1965 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Parton poses for a portrait in Nashville. Circa 1967 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Parton and her former business partner Porter Wagoner perform onstage. 1976 Image Credit: Photo Credit: David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images Parton performs. 1978 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns/Getty Images Parton onstage. 1980 Image Credit: Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection Parton (center) with Lily Tomlin (left) and Jane Fonda in ‘9 to 5.’ 1982 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Universal Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Parton with Burt Reynolds in ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.’ 1983 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns/Getty Images Parton with Kenny Rogers, the year they released “Islands in the Stream.” 1983 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Pete Still/Redferns/Getty Images Parton at Dominion Theatre. 198 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Pete Still/Redferns/Getty Images Parton performs on stage at London’s Dominion Theatre. 1984 Image Credit: Photo Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp./Courtesy Everett Collection Parton with Sylvester Stallone in ‘Rhinestone.’ Circa 1992 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Ron Davis/Getty Images Parton poses for a studio portrait in Lake Tahoe, California. 1993 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images Parton rides a ferris wheel at the eighth-season grand opening of Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Circa 1993 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Ron Davis/Getty Images Parton poses for a portrait with her guitar at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 1989 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Parton (left) with Olympia Dukakis in ‘Steel Magnolias.’ 2002 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images Parton in an appearance on ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.’ 2015 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Quantrell Colbert/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images Parton’s ‘Coat of Many Colors: Dolly Parton,’ a musical-drama. 2016 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images Parton performs on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’ 2019 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Dolly Parton (left) and Miley Cyrus, her goddaughter, perform onstage during the 61st Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles. 2022 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Katherine Bomboy/NBC/Getty Images Parton performs at ‘Mountain Magic Christmas.’ 2022 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Katherine Bomboy/NBC/Getty Images ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas.’ 2022 Image Credit: Photo Credit: Katherine Bomboy/NBC/Getty Images ‘Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas.’