Dolores Hart

Birthday: 20 October 1938, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name: Dolores Hicks

Height: 166 cm

Dolores Hart was born on October 20, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Dolores Hicks. She is an actress, known for Where the Boys Are (1960), King Creole (1958) and Francis of Assisi (1961).

(When asked how she could go from kissing Elvis to becoming a nun): How much closer to Heaven can yo...Show more »

(When asked how she could go from kissing Elvis to becoming a nun): How much closer to Heaven can you get? Show less «

I'd done two movies with Elvis Presley. I'd been around Hollywood for a while - and saw how needless...Show more »

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. Show less «

I just knew that this was what God wanted from me. I never felt I was 'walking away from Hollywood'....Show more »

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. Show less «

[on her life before her vocation] It was not a lifelong dream. I did not grow up wanting to be a nun...Show more »

[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. Show less «

I adored Hollywood. I didn't leave it because it was a place of sin.

[on her life since becoming a nun] I have struggled with this call to vocation all my life. I can un...Show more »

[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. Show less «

[when asked what it was like to kiss Elvis Presley onscreen in Loving You] I think the limit for a s...Show more »

[when asked what it was like to kiss Elvis Presley onscreen in Loving You] I think the limit for a screen kiss back then was something like 15 seconds. That one has lasted 40 years. Show less «

Dolores Hart

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