Dolly Parton’s best movie and TV roles

Country music legend and actress Dolly Parton's death was announced on Aug. 25. She was 80 years old.

From the big screen to your living room, Parton lit up every role with her unmistakable charm and humor. Relive her iconic acts, including her role as Doralee Rhodes in the 1980 film "9 to 5" alongside Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman.

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Dolly Parton (center) pictured with her "9 to 5" costars Lily Tomlin (left) and Jane Fonda (right) in the iconic workplace comedy.

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Another memorable role of Dolly Parton's was playing Miss Mona Stangley in 1982's "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas."

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Dolly Parton shared the screen with Sylvester Stallone (left) for the 1984 movie "Rhinestone."

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In September 2006, Dolly Parton joined goddaughter Miley Cyrus (left) on an episode of "Hannah Montana" which aired on the Disney Channel.

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Dolly Parton (left) had a three-episode arc on the Disney Channel hit show, sharing scenes with Miley and her dad Billy Ray Cyrus (right).

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In 1989, Dolly Parton starred in "Steel Magnolias," a film about a group of Southern women, alongside Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Julia Roberts, Olympia Dukakis and Shirley MacLaine.

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Dolly Parton, with costar Olympia Dukakis (right), in "Steel Magnolias," which was directed by Herbert Ross.

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Dolly Parton as G.G. Sparrow, Keke Palmer (center back) as Olivia Hill and Queen Latifah (right) as Vi Rose Hill in a scene from the 2012 film "Joyful Noise."

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Dolly Parton appeared on The WB's "Reba" television series in 2005, playing Dolly Majors, alongside Reba McEntire (right) as Reba Hart.

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Dolly Parton's work extended to animated TV series as well, with her playing a cartoon version of herself on a 1999 episode of "The Simpsons."

On a special one-hour episode of "Designing Women" in 1990, Jean Smart (left), playing Charlene Frazier-Stillfield, is about to give birth when guest star Dolly Parton arrives to give aid and comfort.

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Porter Wagoner (left) talks to Dolly Parton about her next song during the taping of his half-hour syndicated television show, "The Porter Wagoner Show," at the WSM-TV studios in Nashville on Sept. 2, 1970.

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Dolly Parton (left) asks if there is anyone in the audience who can teach Carol Burnett to play the banjo for the "No one picks like a Nashville picker" skit during the taping of the "Dolly and Carol in Nashville" television special at the Grand Ole Opry House on Jan. 10, 1979.

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Dolly Parton (left) swings into a tune with her company of vocalists, Acapella (Dave Rolland, Howard Smith, Gene Miller and Richard Dennison, top to bottom), in an episode of "Dolly," the variety series airing on the ABC Television Network in 1987.

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Dolly Parton (left) starring as a country music singer who gets a chance to earn her wings and go to heaven after she dies in an untimely car accident, and Roddy McDowell as the angel Peter, in the 1996's "Unlikely Angel," a holiday film broadcast on CBS Television Network.

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Dolly Parton pictured in a scene from 2015's "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors."

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Dolly Parton (left) and Alyvia Alyn Lind share a scene in the 2016 NBC film, Dolly Parton's "Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love."

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Christine Baranski (left) as Regina and Dolly Parton as an angel in a scene of Dolly Parton's 2020 "Christmas on the Square" production by Netflix.

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Dolly Parton (front) as herself in the 2022 production of Dolly Parton's Mountain Magic Christmas by NBC.

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Dolly Parton’s most memorable roles from film and TV