Alyvia Alyn Lind

as Dolly Parton

Jennifer Nettles

as Avie Lee Parton

Rick Schroder

as Robert Lee Parton

Gerald McRaney

as Rev. Jake Owens

Carson Meyer

as Willadeene Parton

Hannah Nordberg

as Judy Ogle

Mary Lane Haskell

as Miss Moody

Stella Parton

as Corla Bass

Parker Sack

as David Parton

Dylan Rowen

as Denver Parton

Farrah Mackenzie

as Stella Parton

Blane Crockarell

as Bobby Parton

Forrest Deal

as Rudy Sanders

Kennedy Brice

as Gloria Sanders

Jane McNeill

as Aunt Estelle

Jennifer D. Taylor

as Aunt Dorothy Jo

Stephanie Astalos-Jones

as Grandma Rena

Sharon Blackwood

as Church Lady

Kimberly Battista

as Church lady / Shopper

Betsy Smith

as Church and town Gossip

Kimberly Stock

as Patron

Jeff Weekley

as Patron

Jeremy T. Thomas

as School Boy

Dolly Parton

as Self - Narrator

Rory Healy

as Church Goer (uncredited)