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Dolores Hart (born Dolores Hicks on October 20,
1938 in Chicago, Illinois) is an United
States|American Roman Catholic Church|Roman
Catholic nun and former actor|actress.

Dolores Hicks was the only child of a Catholic
actor Bert Hicks, and his wife, who, despite the
religious implications, separated and ultimately
divorced. Hart was also the niece of singer Mario
Lanza. It was actually her grandfather, a movie
theater movie projector|projectionist to whom she
turned for comfort in light of her parents'
marital problems, whose enthusiasm for films
influenced her decision to pursue an acting
career. At the age of nine she had a bit part in
the film Forever Amber, which was finally released
in 1947 following a long battle between the
movie's producers and the Catholic censors of the
day.

Using the stage name of 'Dolores Hart', in 1956
she was signed to play a secondary role as the
love interest to Elvis Presley in the 1957 release
Loving You. Much in demand, she made two more
films before playing with Presley again in 1958's
King Creole. She has denied ever having had an
'intimate' relationship with Presley offscreen.
Hart then debuted on Broadway, winning a 1959
Theatre World Award as well as a Tony Award
nomination for Best Featured Actress for her role
in The Pleasure of His Company.

In 1960, Hart starred in Where the Boys Are, a
teenage comedy about college students on spring
break which developed a near cult-like following.
She went on to star in four more films, her last
opposite Hugh O'Brian in 1963's Come Fly with Me.
At this point she had made up her mind to leave
the film industry, and after breaking off her
engagement to a Los Angeles businessman, the
twenty-five-year old actress became a Roman
Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina
Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, ultimately
becoming the Abbess of the Convent. She chants in
Latin eight times a day.

Today, the Reverend Mother Dolores Hart is Mother
Superior of the Abbey, but has in recent years
become the only nun to be an Academy
Award|Oscar-voting member of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences.

==Filmography==

*Come Fly with Me (1963) .... Donna Stuart 
*Lisa (1962) .... Lisa Held
*Sail a Crooked Ship (1961) .... Elinor Harrison 
*Francis of Assisi (1961) .... Clare 
*Where the Boys Are (1960) .... Merritt Andrews 
*The Plunderers (1960) .... Ellie Walters
*King Creole (1958) .... Nellie 
*Lonelyhearts (1958) .... Justy Sargent
*Wild Is the Wind (1957) .... Angie 
*Loving You (1957) .... Susan Jessup
*Forever Amber (1947) (uncredited) .... Child

==Contact==

Rev. Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., Prioress,
Abbey of Regina Laudis,
273 Flanders Road,
Bethlehem, CT 06751 USA

==External link==
*imdb name|id=0366247|name=Dolores Hart