Mother Dolores Hart | |
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 Dolores Hart in 1959 | |
| Born | Dolores Hicks October 20, 1938 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Marymount College |
| Years active | 1963–present (religious) 1957–1963 (actress) |
Dolores Hart, O.S.B. (born Dolores Hicks; October 20, 1938) is an American Roman Catholic Benedictine nun and former actress. Following her movie debut with Elvis Presley in Loving You (1957), she made 10 films in five years, including Wild Is the Wind (1957), King Creole (1958), and Where the Boys Are (1960).
At the height of her career, Hart left acting to enter the Abbey of Regina Laudis monastery in Connecticut.[1][2]
- ^ "Mother Dolores Hart". Abbey of Regina Laudis. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
- ^ Ephriam Katz, The Film Encyclopedia, Third Edition, HarperCollins, 1998, p.598