Dabney Coleman, who died last week at 92, was best known for playing arrogant, venal characters in movies and television, especially during the ’80s, when he starred in the sitcoms “Buffalo Bill” and “The Slap Maxwell Story” and the movies “Tootsie” and the one mentioned at the top of every obit, “9 to 5.”
Though the film starred Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, it’s remembered today for turning Dolly Parton, in her first acting role, into a movie star. She was no slouch as a singer-songwriter, either. She wrote and sang the title song, which went to No. 1 on the Hot 100 as well as the country and adult contemporary charts.
This clip, Parton’s official video for the song, contains a few brief glimpses of Coleman in his defining role.
