Dolly stars in 1989 American comedy-drama, "Steel Magnolias" alongside Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias.

‘Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong,’ 1989 television special featuring Dolly, Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson

Dolly appears as reindeer on “Bob Hope Christmas Special” - Dolly and Bob played reindeer in a skit--Dolly as Donner and Bob as Rudolph

In 1988, Dolly was inducted into East Tennessee Hall of Fame housed in the historic Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN.

Dolly received Small Town America Hall of Fame Award honoring hometown, Sevierville, Tenn.