And of course she had a very hard time hearing him and to believe in him and actually get there. “(Actor) Stephen Boyd was the man who rescued Lisa and told her he would take her back to Palestine. Clare in the 1961 religious biopic Francis of Assisi.īut she’s most proud of playing the title character in the 1962 drama Lisa, as a Jewish girl who survived the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp only to be pursued by traitors after World War II intending to force her into prostitution. She starred in the first film celebrating the annual ritual of spring break in 1960’s Where the Boys Are. She was cast twice opposite Elvis Presley, in 1957’s Loving You and 1958’s King Creole. Mother Dolores, in her Hollywood days, made only 10 movies, but she made them count. It’s only separated by time,” said the 74-year-old nun.

We do things in our life, and we constantly do them. “It makes me realize that time is the illusion. The latest rush of celebrity is “amazing,” Mother Dolores told Catholic News Service (CNS) in Washington, where she was scheduled for a raft of interviews and a personal appearance. She is crisscrossing the country this summer to promote the book, The Ear of the Heart: An Actress’ Journey From Hollywood to Holy Vows. – has just had her memoir published a year after a documentary featuring her life as a cloistered nun picked up an Oscar nomination for best documentary short subject. Hart – that’s Mother Dolores, the prioress of a Benedictine women’s monastery in Bethlehem, Conn. WASHINGTON (CNS) – Don’t look now, but Dolores Hart is about to become a star again, 50 years after her last movie.

The Ear of the Heart by Dolores Hart