Received the Applause Award from the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in 2010.
Recepient of a 2010 Lifetime Achievement Grammy [December 23, 2010].
Recorded the song "My Tennessee Hills" with folk icon Janis Ian for Ian's 2004 album "Billie's Bones".
Reportedly has her breasts insured for $600,000.
Sang with Solomon Burke on his 2006 CD "Nashville". The two did a duet on the Dolly written track "Tomorrow is Forever". The song was originally recorded by Parton and Porter Wagoner in 1969 and reached #9 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.
Selected by the Songwriters Hall of Fame as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award.
She and her husband, Carl Dean, raised five of her younger brothers and sisters.
She has a star on Nashville's Starwalk for Grammy Award Winners. She also has a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, which represents her accomplishments in the field of recording arts.
She has earned 5 BMI Million-Air (or more) Performance Awards and numerous BMI Songwriter Citations of Achievement. Her classic hit song "I Will Always Love You" is currently certified with a Six Million-Air award, meaning it has been played on radio and television over six million times. She was also honored with the prestigious BMI Icon Award in 2003.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
She was nominated for a Tony Award (Best Score for a Musical) for her work on "9 To 5: The Musical" in 2009. She did not win the honor. The Tony was bestowed to the score writers of the Broadway musical "Next to Normal".
She was unable to have children of her own because of an allergic reaction she experienced to birth control pills when she was younger.
Sister-in-law of Richard Dennison.
Starred in a TV commercial for Dolly Parton's Trinkets and Treasures retail store in Nashville, Tennessee (2010).
The children's television series "Sesame Street" (1969) introduced a character in homage to Dolly Parton. She had purple skin and blonde hair and went by the name of Polly Darton.
The world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, was named after Parton.
There's a Dolly Parton look-alike contest in Gilley's bar in Urban Cowboy (1980).
Various tabloids have reported that her breast implants - which she has never disputed having - have increased her measurements to anywhere from 38CC to a high mark of 48DD
Was a candidate for the hosting duties on "Family Feud" (1999) before Louie Anderson was hired.