Dolly Parton grew up with 11 siblings in a two-room Tennessee cabin without electricity or running water; in 1986 she recreated the humble home at Dollywood | English Movie News

From a tiny Tennessee cabin to a global empire, Dolly Parton never forgot her roots. (Photo: Getty Images) Dolly Parton never forgot where her remarkable journey began. Long before she became one of the world’s most successful singers, songwriters, actresses and philanthropists, Parton grew up in a humble two-room cabin in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains…

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‘Jolene’ to ‘I Will Always Love You’: Dolly Parton’s greatest songs, and the stories behind them |

Dolly Parton was more than a musician, actor, author, philanthropist, or theme-park entrepreneur. Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination – a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more. But from the very beginning, at the heart of everything…

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Quote of the day of Dolly Parton: ‘Storms make trees take deeper roots’, shares iconic American singer, songwriter, philanthropist, and businesswoman

One of the legends of the music industry, Dolly Parton is an iconic American singer, songwriter, philanthropist, and businesswoman. Making her way into the industry all the way back from the mid 1950s, she has worked from growing up in a tiny, one-room cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee as one of twelve…

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