At the end of the 1980s, Dolly returned to the big screen in Steel Magnolias, taking her place this time alongside accomplished actresses Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Julia Roberts and Daryl Hannah. It was an endearing tale of Southern women telling stories about being Southern women, pretty as flowers and strong as steel. Dolly wrote “Eagle When She Flies” for the film, though it was not used. She released it later herself, telling her story in song; indeed she would later call herself a “songteller.”
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