- Born
- Birth nameDolores Hicks
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- 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).
- SpouseGod
- ParentsHarriet HicksBert Hicks
- RelativesMario Lanza(Aunt or Uncle)
- In 1963, Hart left Hollywood for good and became a nun. She entered the strictly cloistered Benedictine Regina Laudis Monastery in Bethlehem, Connecticut, of which she is the Reverend Mother (or prioress).
- Holds the unique distinction of being the only nun to be a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Stays active in the arts as an Academy voter by reviewing films.
- Has suffered from painful neuropathy since 1997.
- At the time she became a nun, she was engaged to marry Don Robinson. He never married and remained a close friend.
- [on her life before her vocation] It was not a lifelong dream. I did not grow up wanting to be a nun. I wanted to be an actress. If it had ever been suggested I would one day be a nun, it would have been the last thing on my mind. It was a million to one shot I would ever be a nun.
- [on her life since becoming a nun] I have struggled with this call to vocation all my life. I can understand why people have doubts, because who understands God? I don't. When you are dealing with something at this level, you are dealing with mystery.
- I'd done two movies with Elvis Presley. I'd been around Hollywood for a while - and saw how needlessly competitive and negative it could be. It never held my interest.
- (When asked how she could go from kissing Elvis to becoming a nun): How much closer to Heaven can you get?
- I just knew that this was what God wanted from me. I never felt I was 'walking away from Hollywood'. I felt I was walking into something more significant and by that, I took Hollywood with me.
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