One of the most honored female country performer of all time, Dolly Parton sat down with Entertainment Tonight in an exclusive interview, reveals her toughest days were the ones that made her the most successful woman that she is today and talks about her new upcoming Tv movie Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Color.

The 69-year-old legend, Parton who grew up in an extreme poverty is never ashamed of where she came from and what she went through during her younger days.

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"I think my childhood made me everything I am today," said Parton. "I would trade nothing for being brought up in the Great Smoky Mountains. I've never been ashamed of my people no matter how poor or dirty we might have been. I've always loved being from where I am, and having the folks that I've had."

In her website Officially Dolly Parton, the singer-songwriter and actress reveals on her Latest News & Historical Archive, her life is a rags-to-rhinestones story which began on Jan. 19, 1946 and remains as vibrant and relevant as ever. Born the fourth child of 12, to mother, Avie Lee and father, Robert Lee, Parton grew up in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.

Music runs deep in the Parton family and while many played important parts in the country crooner's success, she credits Uncle Bill Owens for helping her get started in the music business. From taking the stage of The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour in Knoxville, TN, to landing a spot on The Porter Wagoner Show,Parton 's talent and ambition soon catapulted her to super-stardom.

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According to ET, Parton's inspiring story is being told in the upcoming TV movie, Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors airs Dec. 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on NBC, named after her favorite song, which details her toughest childhood years.

"It's made me what I am," Parton added. "It's that spiritual base; it's that family; love of family; it's just that simple life, feeling like part of nature."

The movie, according to the official synopsis, is "neither a biopic nor a musical about Dolly's whole life and performing career, but rather a family-oriented faith-based story about the incidents in her and her family's life around the time she was 9 years old," wrote ET.

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