Entertainment Awards Shows and Events From Glamour Shots to the Grand Ole Opry: See Dolly Parton Through the Years Check out some of the country icon's greatest moments, in honor of her 2023 ACM Awards hosting duties alongside Garth Brooks By Andrea Wurzburger Andrea Wurzburger Andrea Wurzburger is a former features writer at PEOPLE. She left PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 19, 2023 02:35PM EST 01 of 40 1965 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images in Nashville, Tennessee. 02 of 40 1968 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images with fellow country singer Porter Wagoner. 03 of 40 1970 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images posing for a portrait. 04 of 40 1972 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images on set for The Porter Wagoner Show. 05 of 40 1974 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images performing on The Porter Wagoner Show. 06 of 40 1975 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images flashing a smile on stage. 07 of 40 1976 Richard McCaffrey/ Michael Ochs Archive/ Getty Images performing in San Francisco. 08 of 40 1976 Armando Pietrangeli/Shutterstock looking pretty in pink onstage. 09 of 40 1977 Chris Walter/WireImage looking very much on trend. 10 of 40 1970s Everett/Shutterstock posing in rhinestones with a kitten. 11 of 40 1970s Tom Hill/WireImage performing in one of her signature looks. 12 of 40 1978 Ed Caraeff/Getty Images showing some leg during the cover session for her album, Heartbreaker. 13 of 40 1980 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock in 9 to 5 alongside Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. 14 of 40 1983 Pete Still/Redferns performing onstage in London. 15 of 40 1984 20th Century-Fox/Getty Images in costume for the film, Rhinestone. 16 of 40 1984 Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty Images getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside Sylvester Stallone. 17 of 40 1987 Jerry Fitzgerald/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images shining bright on her variety show, Dolly. 18 of 40 1987 Craig Sjodin/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images posing with Pee-wee Herman on Dolly. 19 of 40 1987 Craig Sjodin/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images getting a load of some Chippendales dancers on Dolly. 20 of 40 1987 Julie Fineman/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images hanging out with Oprah Winfrey on her variety show. 21 of 40 1988 Ron Davis/Getty Images with big, oh-so-'80s hair in Lake Tahoe. 22 of 40 1989 NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images poking fun at herself on Saturday Night Live. 23 of 40 1989 Frank Trapper/Corbis via Getty Images at the premiere of Steel Magnolias. 24 of 40 1993 Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images at the 8th Season Grand Opening of Dollywood. 25 of 40 1997 Ron Davis/Getty Images singing at the Grand Ole Opry. 26 of 40 2000 Stephen J. Boitano/LightRocket via Getty Images speaking about her Imagination Library during a luncheon address at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. 27 of 40 2001 HUGO PHILPOT/AFP via Getty Images celebrating the release of her album, Little Arrow, in London. 28 of 40 2001 Evan Agostini/Getty Images with Reba McEntire after watching her in her Broadway debut in Annie Get Your Gun. 29 of 40 2003 Jean-Paul Aussenard/WireImage sparkling on the red carpet. 30 of 40 2005 Kevin Winter/Getty Images making an appearance on Reba. 31 of 40 2006 Joel Warren/Disney Channel via Getty Images with goddaughter Miley Cyrus on the set of Hannah Montana. 32 of 40 2009 Joe Kohen/WireImage at the premiere of 9 to 5: The Musical on Broadway. 33 of 40 2011 Ed Rode/Getty Images celebrating with Reba McEntire at the 2011 Country Music Hall of Fame Medallion Ceremony induction. 34 of 40 2015 Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images singing on the set of NBC's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love. 35 of 40 2016 Rick Diamond/Getty Images getting ready to kick off her North American tour. 36 of 40 2019 Shahar Azran/Shutterstock performing at the We Are Family Foundation Celebration Gala. 37 of 40 2019 Dolly Parton. Netflix performing in her Netflix show, Heartstrings. 38 of 40 2021 Dolly parton/Twitter getting her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine; she donated $1 million toward its research. 39 of 40 2022 Dolly Parton. Filip Wolak for Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy receiving a Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in New York City. 40 of 40 2023 Vijat Mohindra/NBC via Getty ringing in the new year on goddaughter Miley Cyrus' New Year's Eve special. Close