Dolly Parton Pulled Out Of Suicidal Tendencies By Stallone....

Dolly Parton credits Sylvester Stallone with saving her from suicide - because he helped cheer her up when she was at her lowest.The country star had just learned she'd never be able to give birth after a hysterectomy and plunged into a deep depression.Then, she started work on flop 1984 movie Rhinestone with Stallone and he made her chuckle every day.The singer tells U.S. tabloid the Globe, "It was an awful time for me...Every day I thought, 'I wish I had the nerve to kill myself.'" And then, along came Stallone: "Even though the movie didn't do that well, that was one of my greatest projects because Stallone was so full of life and so crazy and funny, and he made me laugh a lot, which was really healthy for me. That got me back on track".Dolly Parton meanwhile thrilled the cast of upcoming Broadway musical 9 TO 5 by serving them homemade treats every morning.Former The West Wing star Allison Janney, who is starring in the production, was among those who queued up for Parton's culinary delights.The actress plays the role made famous by Lily Tomlin in the 1980 film, which co-starred Parton as a busty secretary.

She says, "Dolly would come every day in her unbelievable outfits.

"She'd come with peanut butter fudge or whoopie pies, cookie and cream cake she made the night before".

Parton has written nearly 20 songs for the musical adaptation.

Janney adds, "She would sit there and write new lyrics during the course of the day. She would write lyrics on a paper plate.

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