Dolly Parton Shines at ‘Coat of Many Colors’ Premiere

Dolly Parton, 69, wore a dress of many colors to the Los Angeles premiere of NBC’s “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Set in 1955, the film is neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life, but what NBC calls “a family-oriented, faith-based story about the incidents” in her and her family's lives.

Based on the true story of Dolly’s upbringing in a close-knit family in the Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains. Alyvia Alyn Lind portrays Dolly at age 9, while country star Jennifer Nettles portrays her mother and Ricky Schroder plays her father. Gerald McRaney is Dolly’s grandfather.

Watch the Parton family as they struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and “discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy, patchwork coat that helped make Parton who she is today.” The movie debuts on NBC Dec. 10 at 9 p.m.