The Life Of Dolly Parton, The Queen Of Country Music

Dolly Parton’s First Feature Film

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Dolly’s first feature film was 1980’s 9 to 5, alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Parton had been offered many movie roles before that, but 9 to 5 was the first film role she accepted.

In a 1980 interview with Rolling Stone, Parton said, “I knew instantly that I should do it – I knew that it was a career move… [Jane Fonda] wanted me, and she wanted Lily. She said she was drivin’ down the freeway, and a song of mine came on the radio, and she knew my personality, and she’d been a fan of my songwriting for a long time.”