Dolores Hart, OSB [2] ( born Dolores Hart , nee Dolores Hicks ; born October 20, 1938 ) is an American Catholic nun from the Benedictine order , formerly known as an actress.
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| Profession | actress , nun |
| Career | 1957-1963 (actress) 1963 - n. at. (nun) |
| Awards | Theatrical World ( 1959 ) |
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Born in Chicago in the family of actor Bert Hicks and his wife Harriet. After her parents divorced, she lived for some time with her grandparents, who sent her to study at the St. George's Catholic School in Chicago. In the late 1940s, she moved with her mother to Beverly Hills , where she graduated from college. In 1956, she made her film debut in a musical film with Elvis Presley's " Love You ." Two years later, she again played with Presley in the movie King Creole . Later, Hart appeared in several films, including Lonely Hearts (1958), Where the Children Are (1960) and Francis of Assisi (1961), and also played on Broadway for some time.
In 1963, immediately after the filming of the movie “Fly with Me”, Hart went to the Benedictine monastery of Regina Laudis in the city of Bethlehem in Connecticut , where she soon took monastic tonsure [3] [4] .
Over the years of monastic service, she, using her fame, attracted a number of Hollywood stars, such as Paul Newman and Patricia Neal , to finance various projects of the monastery. In 2001, Hart was elected abbess of the monastery, and held this position until 2015. Today, Hart is at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , being the only nun of all members.
In 2012, the documentary film “God is the Big Elvis” was filmed about the life of Dolores Hart, who became the nominee for the Academy Award [5] [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ See: Abbreviations of Catholic Women's Monastic Orders and Congregations .
- ↑ Mother Dolores Hart , // Abbey of Regina Laudis. Date of treatment September 6, 2015.
- ↑ Rizzo, Frank . Nun using film fame for abbey , The Columbus Dispatch , // The Hartford Courant (October 24, 2008). Archived January 19, 2013. Date of treatment January 9, 2009.
- ↑ Maureen Dowd. Where the Boys Aren't . // The New York Times (February 18, 2012).
- ↑ Jacqui Goddard. Starlet-turned-nun gets another taste of the Red Carpet treatment . // The Daily Telegraph (February 18, 2012).