What acting honors has Dolly received?
Her first acting honor was a 1978 nomination for the Best Supporting Actress Emmy for her appearance on Cher’s ABC special Cher . . . Special, the only acting nomination anyone in the show received (she lost to Saturday Night Live cast member Gilda Radner). When 9 to 5 came out in 1980, she was loved by critics. While she only earned a Best Song nomination at the Oscars, she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, Best Song and Best New Film Star at the Golden Globe Awards and won Favorite Movie Song at the Peoples’ Choice Awards. The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas gave her a Best Actress nomination at the Golden Globes as well, and the film itself was nominated for Best Comedy/Musical, although that honor doesn’t go to the actors. She also won Peoples’ Choice Awards for Favorite Female Performer In A New Television Series and Favorite All-Around Female Performer for her ABC variety series in 1988, after it had been cancelled, and Steel Magnolias won Favorite Dramatic Motion Pictur
