A Smoky Mountain Christmas (1986): Cast & Plot

Country music superstar Lorna Davis [Dolly Parton] is overwhelmed and disillusioned by her career and the loneliness that seems to follow fame. To escape the glare of Los Angeles, she heads to a friend’s cabin tucked away in Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains for a quiet Christmas retreat, hoping the peace of the season will mend what’s frayed inside her.

Upon arriving, she discovers the cabin has become the improvised home of seven orphans hiding from the local orphanage. They stumble upon her while she’s sleeping in one of the beds, an allusion to the tale of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The youngest among them proclaims:

“I know who she is. She’s the Angel.”