From Elvis Leading Lady to Nun: The Life of Dolores Hart

After high school, Dolores studied at Marymount College near Los Angeles, where acting moved from a student interest toward something more serious. Her performance in a school production of Joan of Lorraine helped draw attention beyond campus.

That production put her in front of people connected to producer Hal Wallis, one of Paramount’s major power players. Dolores was still a college student, but the distance between school and Hollywood was suddenly getting very small.