The Evolution Of Dolly Parton

Business Ventures

Dolly Parton is smart when it comes to diversifying herself. She invested a lot of her earnings in businesses in Eastern Tennessee, most of them being in Pigeon Forge. The theme park Dollywood is operated by The Dollywood Company, of which Parton is co-owner.

Other businesses operated by the same company include Dollywood’s Splash Country, Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede, and a dinner theater. The Dixie Stampede is a dinner theater that has locations in Pigeon Forge, Branson, Missouri, and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The Dollywood Company bought the Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge, which was renovated and opened in 2016.

Acting

Fans can’t get enough of Dolly through her albums so she had to take to stage. This woman is seriously talented. Her acting career started out on The Porter Wagoner Show but she continued to appear on stage over the years. She had her own show, Dolly!, in the mid 1970s and a second one in the mid 1980s.

Parton played a secretary who joins forces with her co-workers after they tire of their sexist boss in the film 9 to 5. Her second film, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, was a musical and was released in 1982. Both movies earned great reviews from critics and had success worldwide.