What are some of Dollys business interests?
A shrewd businesswoman, she earned the nickname “The Iron Butterfly” for her keen financial sense and femininity, often joking that she looks like a woman but thinks like a man. Of course, there’s her theme park Dollywood and its adjacent water park, Dolly’s Splash Country, in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. She also operates a chain of equestrian dinner theaters called the Dixie Stampedes in Pigeon Forge; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Branson, Mo.; and Orlando, Fla. She and longtime manager Sandy Gallin still operate Sandollar Productions (producer of films such as “Father of The Bride I and II,” “IQ,” “Shinning Through,” “Straight Talk” and “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” as well as several television programs including the “Buffy” series and its spin-off, “Angel” — although it’s no longer actively producing projects, it is still the executive producer for “Angel”), and she also has a separate production company called Southern Light Films. She owns the copyrights for all of her original compositions (except
