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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).
Mar 8, 2024 · In the early 1960s, Dolores Hart was a rising film star. Then she left it all to become a Catholic nun at Benedictine Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut. She gave up fame at just 24 to live a monastic life, renouncing all earthly pleasures and chanting in Latin eight times a day.
Dolores Hart was born on October 20, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Where the Boys Are (1960), Francis of Assisi (1961) and Come Fly with Me (1963).
Dolores Hart was born on 20 October 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Where the Boys Are (1960), Francis of Assisi (1961) and Come Fly with Me (1963).
May 4, 2018 · In 1963, a promising young actress known as Dolores Hart left Hollywood, and all the high glamour that came with it, for the Roman Catholic Church.
Jul 5, 2013 · Mother Dolores Hart, a Roman Catholic nun and former actress, was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary “God Is the Bigger Elvis.”
May 6, 2013 · Fifty years ago, actress Dolores Hart shocked Hollywood when she made a momentous announcement: She was leaving Hollywood to join a contemplative Benedictine monastery. Why would a movie star on...
Jul 10, 2005 · Mother Dolores Hart made her debut in Hollywood alongside Elvis Presley in Loving You. Since 1963, she’s inhabited a very different world. She caused a sensation when she became cloistered nun...
Apr 16, 2012 · Why Dolores Hart left Hollywood behind. Mary Valle April 16, 2012. God Is the Bigger Elvis," airing on HBO April 5, is a recently Academy Award-nominated documentary about former actress Dolores...
Mar 4, 2012 · The real-life drama of Dolores Hart, known as Mother Prioress to the nuns here at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, unfolds in the HBO film “God Is the Bigger Elvis,” one of five nominees for...
