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E! News (@enews) Broadcast Source: Emmy Winner Sally Field exclusively told "E! Live From E!: 2026 #Emmys" she "can’t just have one" favorite memory working with Dolly Parton on set of their 1989 film "Steel Magnolias." #AwardsSeason.
Behind-The-Scenes Film History: Filmed on location in Natchitoches, Louisiana in summer 1988; released November 1989. Co-starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, and Julia Roberts. Noted for the female ensemble's legendary solidarity supporting one another under the rigorous direction of Herbert Ross.
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