Dolores may refer to:

People[link]

• Dolores (given name)
• Lola (given name), a diminutive form of Dolores
• Lolita (given name), a diminutive from of Lola

Places[link]

• Argentina
  • Dolores, Buenos Aires
• Belize
  • Rancho Dolores
• Colombia
  • Dolores, Tolima
• Guatemala
  • Dolores, El Petén
• Mexico
  • Dolores Hidalgo, a town in Guanajuato
  • Dolores, Baja California Sur
  • Dolores, Chihuahua
• Philippines
  • Dolores, Abra
  • Dolores, Eastern Samar
  • Dolores, Quezon
• Spain
  • Dolores, Alicante
• United States
  • Dolores, Colorado
  • Dolores County, Colorado
  • Mission San Francisco de Asís, in San Francisco, also known as "Mission Dolores"

Written works[link]

• Dolores (Notre-Dame des Sept Douleurs), a poem by A. C. Swinburne
• Dolores, a 1911 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett
• Dolores, a 1976 novel by Jacqueline Susann
• "Dolores", a 1941 song written by Frank Loesser & Louis Alter, popularized by Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey

Fictional characters[link]

• The titular character in Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne
• Dolores Haze, also known as Lolita, in Vladimir Nabakov's Lolita
• Dolores Landingham, or Mrs. Landingham, President Josiah Bartlet's secretary in The West Wing
• Dolores Price, the protagonist of Wally Lamb's She's Come Undone
• Dolores Umbridge, from the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
• Dolores, the protagonist Mecha from the anime spin off Zone of the Enders, or Z.O.E._Dolores,i.

Other[link]

• Dolores River
• 1277 Dolores, an asteroid
• Dolores Recordings, a record label
• Dolorès, a waltz written by Émile Waldteufel
• Dolores (album), the sixth album by the jazz/ambient band Bohren & der Club of Gore
• Tropical Storm Dolores (disambiguation)

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Dolores O'Riordan
O'Riordan performing with The Cranberries in Barcelona on March 13, 2010.
Background information
Birth name	Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan
Born	(1971-09-06) 6 September 1971 (age 40)
Origin	Limerick, Ireland
Genres	Alternative rock Post-grunge Celtic rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocal, Guitar, Keyboards, Piccolo
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Sanctuary Records, Cooking Vinyl
Associated acts	The Cranberries
Website	Doloresoriordan.com
Notable instruments
Electric guitar

Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan (/oʊˈrɪərdən/) (born 6 September 1971) is an Irish singer, guitarist and songwriter. She led the rock band The Cranberries to worldwide success and fame for 13 years before the band took a hiatus in 2003, but have since reunited in 2012.^[1] Her first solo album Are You Listening? was released in May 2007 and was followed up by No Baggage in 2009. O'Riordan is notable for her unmistakable lilting voice and strong Irish accent.^[2]

Early life[link]

Dolores O'Riordan was born and brought up in the Ballybricken area of Limerick City, Ireland. She was born to parents Terence and Eileen O'Riordan and was the youngest of seven children. She was raised as a Roman Catholic.^[3] She attended Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ in South Circular Road, Limerick.^[4]

Career[link]

1989–2003; 2009–present: The Cranberries[link]

In 1990 O'Riordan auditioned and won the role of lead singer for a band called The Cranberry Saw Us (later changed to The Cranberries).

The band released five albums: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993), No Need to Argue (1994), To the Faithful Departed (1996), Bury the Hatchet (1999) and Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001) and a greatest-hits compilation entitled Stars - The Best of 1992 - 2002 (2002), before they went on hiatus in 2003.

Throughout the '90s, O'Riordan was recognized for her changing hairstyles, from shoulder-length to very short crop in myriad colors and shades.^[5] She usually performs barefoot on stage.^[6]

On August 25, 2009, while promoting her solo album No Baggage in New York City on 101.9 RXP radio, O'Riordan announced the reunion of The Cranberries for a world tour. The tour began in North America in mid November, followed by South America in mid January 2010 and Europe in March 2010.^[7] Also touring with the original members of The Cranberries, was musician Denny DeMarchi who played the keyboard for O'Riordan's solo albums.^[8] The band played songs from O'Riordan's solo albums, many of The Cranberries' classics, as well as new songs the band had been working on. On June 9, 2010 The Cranberries performed at the Special Olympics opening ceremony at Thomand Park in Limerick. This was the first time the band had performed in their native city in over fifteen years.

2003–present: Solo career[link]

It has been said that in 2003 O'Riordan was to feature on the soundtrack to Spider-Man 2 with the song "Black Widow", which is featured on her first solo album Are You Listening?. However, she dismissed this as an unfounded Internet rumor during an interview in 2007.^[9] In 2004 O'Riordan appeared with the Italian artist Zucchero on the album Zu & Co., with the song "Pure Love". The album also featured other artists such as Sting, Sheryl Crow, Luciano Pavarotti, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Macy Gray and Eric Clapton. The same year she worked with composer Angelo Badalamenti on the Evilenko soundtrack, providing vocals on several tracks, including "Angels Go The Heaven", the movie theme.

In 2005, she appeared on the Jam & Spoon's album Tripomatic Fairytales 3003 as a guest vocalist on the track "Mirror Lover". O'Riordan also made a cameo appearance in the Adam Sandler comedy Click, released on 23 June 2006, as a wedding singer performing an alternate version of The Cranberries' song "Linger", set to strings.

The first single, “Ordinary Day”, was produced by BRIT Awards winner, Youth, whose previous credits include The Verve, Embrace, Primal Scream, U2 and Paul McCartney.

O'Riordan made an appearance live on the The Late Late Show (Irish television) on 20 April 2007.

O'Riordan with long hair promoting her début solo album Are You Listening? in 2007.

Are You Listening? was released on 4 May 2007 in the Republic of Ireland. It was subsequently released in Europe on 7 May 2007, and in North America on 15 May 2007, with "Ordinary Day" as its first single, released in late April. The video for "Ordinary Day" was shot in Prague. In August "When We Were Young" was released as the second single lifted from the album.^[10][11]

On 19 November 2007, she canceled the remainder of her European Tour (Lille, Paris, Luxembourg, Warsaw and Prague) due to illness. O'Riordan went on to perform a few small American club gigs in December, including Des Moines, Nashville, and a well-received free show in Charlottesville, Virginia.^[12] On the last day of 2008, it was announced on her official website that her second album, No Baggage, featuring eleven tracks, would be released on 24 August 2009.

Band members for O'Riordan's solo albums and 2007 solo world tour:

• Dolores O'Riordan – vocals
• Steve DeMarchi – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Denny DeMarchi – keyboards, guitars, flute, wind instruments, backing vocals
• Graham Hopkins – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Marco Mendoza – bass guitar, backing vocals

O'Riordan is set to make her acting debut in the upcoming David Grieco film, Secrets of Love. Principal photography was set to begin in 2010. "Secrets of Love is a story about obsession, concerning the mysterious murder of singer Sarah Blisset (played by O'Riordan).^[13]

Personal life[link]

On 18 July 1994, O'Riordan married Don Burton, the former tour manager of Duran Duran. Their first child, Taylor Baxter, was born on 23 November. Molly Leigh was born on 27 January 2001, and Dakota Rain on 10 April 2005.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, she bought a 61 hectare (150 acre) stud farm, called Riversfield Stud, located in Kilmallock, County Limerick. She lived there for six years before selling it in 2004.^[14]

In 2006, O'Riordan was listed among the ten richest women in Ireland.^[15]

O'Riordan lived in Howth, County Dublin with her husband and their three children. The family once divided their time between homes in Dublin and a log cabin located in Buckhorn, Ontario, Canada that was bought in 1994.^[16][17] In 2009, her family moved full time to their home in Buckhorn.^[18]

Although raised as a Roman Catholic, O'Riordan no longer practices. She identifies as an unconventional (but still religious) Christian. She is also an admirer of the late Pope John Paul II. After meeting him inside Vatican City, O'Riordan remarked: "[He] was lovely, very saintly. I was mad about him. I thought he really cared for the poor and he loved to meet the people. I saw him when he came to Limerick, when I was a kid. So it was pretty mindblowing to take my mum out to meet him."^[19]

O'Riordan has also stated that she is pro-life, saying:"I am in no position to judge other women, you know. But I mean, why did she get pregnant? It's not good for women to go through the procedure [abortion] and have something living sucked out of their bodies. It belittles women. Even though some women say, 'Oh, I don't mind to have one,' every time a woman has an abortion, it just crushes her self-esteem smaller and smaller and smaller."^[20]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Solo

• Are You Listening? (2007)
• No Baggage (2009)

The Cranberries

• Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We? (1993)
• No Need to Argue (1994)
• To the Faithful Departed (1996)
• Bury the Hatchet (1999)
• Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (2001)
• Roses (2012)

Other appearances[link]

• Moose "Soon Is Never Soon Enough" (1992) (backing vocals)
• Touch of Oliver "Carousel" (1993) (backing vocals)
• Jah Wobble "The Sun Does Rise" (1994) (duet)
• "God Be With You" on The Devil's Own soundtrack (1997) (solo track)
• "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" (various artists benefit single for A Children's Promise, Rolling Stones cover) (1999) (vocals)
• "Ave Maria" on Songs Inspired by The Passion of the Christ (2004) (solo track)
• "Angels Go To Heaven" & "The Woodstrip/There's No Way Out" (composed by Angelo Badalamenti) on Evilenko soundtrack (2004) (vocals)
• Zucchero "Pure Love" (2004) (duet)
• Jam & Spoon "Mirror Lover" (2005) (vocals)
• Angelo Badalamenti "The Butterfly" (2006) (vocals)
• Movie, Click, dir. by Frank Coraci starring Adam Sandler. "Linger," lounge version; appeared as the singer for the band during the son's wedding reception scene (2006)
• Giuliano Sangiorgi "Senza Fiato" (2007) (duet)
• "Centipede Sisters" on Roll Play 2 digital soundtrack (2008)
• "Linger (Parodied as Jeffery Winger)" on Community (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dolores O'Riordan

• Official Website
• Dolores O'Riordan at the Internet Movie Database

Rev. Mother Dolores Hart (born October 20, 1938, Chicago, Illinois) is an American Roman Catholic nun and former actress. She made 10 films in five years, playing opposite Stephen Boyd, Montgomery Clift, George Hamilton and Robert Wagner, having made her movie debut with Elvis Presley in Loving You (1957).^[1][2]

Background[link]

Born Dolores Hicks, she was the only child of actor Bert Hicks and Harriett Hicks, who separated and ultimately divorced, when she was three years old. An only child, she was not raised Catholic, but was converted to the religion when she was 10. She stated, "As a child I was precocious. My parents married when they were 16 and 17 and both were beautiful people. Moss Hart offered my mother, Harriett, a contract but by then they had me and my father, Bert Hicks, a bit player, definitely a Clark Gable type, had movie offers so we moved from Chicago to Hollywood. I was a Hollywood brat. We lived in Beverly Hills and I used to visit the lots with him. He had a bit part in 'Forever Amber.' I always wanted to be part of that life."^[3]

Hart was also related by marriage, through an aunt, to singer Mario Lanza. She lived in Chicago with her grandparents, who sent her to a parochial school, St. Gregory Catholic School in Chicago, not for its religious education but it was closest to home and she stated, "My grandparents didn't want me to get run over by streetcars."^{[citation needed]} It was actually her grandfather, a movie theater 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. She would watch the films, but without sound so as not to disturb his naps in the booth, and her job was to wake him at the end of each reel.^[1]

In Beverly Hills, the eleven year-old Hicks also had lived with her mother, a restaurant greeter, who married owner Al Gordon. She studied at Marymount College and was later engaged to Los Angeles architect Don Robinson, before she entered the convent. She admitted she loved him — "Of course, Don, I love you." But Robinson said, "Every love doesn't have to wind up at the altar." He never married but visited her every year at Christmas and Easter until his death on November 29, 2011, aged 78,^[4] and helped the community.^[5][6]

Using the stage name of 'Dolores Hart', in 1956 she was signed to play a supporting role as the love interest to Elvis Presley in the 1957 release Loving You. After this appearance, Hart found herself in frequent demand, and 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 off-screen. In interviews during her movie career she was often asked, "What is it like kissing Elvis?" She chuckled a bit at the memory, "I think the limit for a screen kiss back then was something like 15 seconds. That one has lasted 40 years." Hart, in 1960, made a sketch of a St. Francis's statue, arms outstretched, while working in Rome on the movie Francis of Assisi.^[3]

Hart then made her debut 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. In the film, Hart plays a co-ed who struggles to define herself when confronted with her newly-discovered sexuality and popularity with the opposite sex. Hart starred in the film Francis of Assisi (1961), in which she (prophetically) played Saint Clare of Assisi. She went on to star in four more films, including the lead role in The Inspector (Lisa) which was based on a novel by Jan de Hartog and nominated for a Golden Globe for "Best Picture - Drama". Her last role was 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 Don Robinson, the 24-year-old actress became a Roman Catholic nun at the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, ultimately becoming its Prioress. Earlier, in a New York promotional stop for Come Fly with Me, she rode a limousine to Bethlehem to discuss joining the order. At 24, her final one-way journey to the abbey in 1963 was in an ordinary car, and not in a limousine as reported.

Vocational calling[link]

While Hart was doing Francis of Assisi in Rome, she met Blessed Pope John XXIII, who was instrumental in her vocation. She told him "I am Dolores Hart, the actress playing Clare." The Pontiff replied, "Tu sei Chiara!" ("No, you are Clare!" in Italian).^[7]

As a novice, she told Abbey founder, Lady Abbess Benedict Duss, "I will never have to worry again about being an actress because it was all over and behind me." But Lady Abbess replied, "I'm sorry, but you're completely wrong. Now you have to take up a role and really work at it." Hart submitted a rejoinder, "I was so mad when she said that because I really emptied my pockets, so to speak, and literally had given away everything that had meant anything to me." The Abbess said, "I'm sorry you did that because there's a lot of things you gave away that you're going to need here." She initially took the religious name Sister Judith", but she changed it to Sister Dolores at her final vows. "Hal Wallis wanted to call me Susan when I started my movie career, but I was under age and my mother would not hear of it. She wanted me to be Dolores."^[3] She took her final vows in 1970.^[1] She chants in Latin eight times a day.^[8]

In 2006, she visited Hollywood again after 43 years in the convent to raise awareness for peripheral idiopathic neuropathy disorder, a neurological disorder that afflicts herself and many Americans. In April 2006, she testified at a Washington congressional hearing on the need for research on the painful and crippling disease amid her ordeal.^[9]

Hart, who was compared to Grace Kelly, was instrumental in developing her Abbey of Regina Laudis's project of expansion of its community connection through the arts, using her fame. Paul Newman helped her with funding for a lighting grid, when she envisioned a year-round arts school and a better-equipped stage. Another friend, the Academy Award winning actress Patricia Neal helped support the abbey's theater. Hart's vision was to meet the abbey's needs—development and expansion of its open-air theater and arts program for the Bethlehem community. Every summer, the abbey's 38 nuns on 400 acres (1.6 km²) of rural land, help the community stage a musical, with the 2008 presentation of West Side Story, after previous shows Fiddler on the Roof, The Music Man and My Fair Lady.^[1]

The Reverend Mother Dolores Hart is Prioress of the Abbey (since 2001), but she remains a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, having in recent years become the only nun to be an Oscar-voting member.

On 4 October 2008 "The Holy Trinity Apostolate", founded by Rev. John Hardon, S.J., sponsored a "Breakfast with Mother Dolores Hart". Held at Rochester, Michigan's Royal Park Hotel, Hart told her story: "He Led Me Out into an Open Space; He Saved Me Because He Loved Me: The Journey of Mother Dolores Hart to Regina Laudis". Since 1963, when she joined the Bethlehem CT Monastery, she disciplined herself under the Rule of Saint Benedict. At the breakfast, several people spoke, including actress Patricia Neal and Maria Cooper Janis, the daughter of Hollywood leading man Gary Cooper.^[10][11]

A documentary film about Hart's life, God Is the Bigger Elvis is a nominee for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) and is scheduled to be shown on HBO in April 2012.^[12][13]

Hart attended the 2012 Academy Awards for her Oscar nominated documentary "God Is the Bigger Elvis". Her last red carpet Oscar event was in 1959, as a Hollywood starlet.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Dolores Hart at the Internet Movie Database
• Abbey of Regina Laudis Web site
• Pittsburgh Post Gazette: "How A Movie Actress Left Hollywood for a Contract with God"
• Psychology Today: "A Cloistered Life"
• TVNow.com Dolores Hart"

María Dolores Pradera
Background information
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genres	Copla
Years active	1950–present
Labels

María Dolores Fernández Pradera (born 29 August 1924 in Madrid) is a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most prestigious voices in Spain and Latin America. She is also known as María Dolores or La Pradera. She started her career as an actress, working in the theatre and in some of the most famous Spanish movies from the 1940s: “¡A mí la legión!” (1942), “La Lola se va a los puertos” (1947), or “Agustina de Aragón” (1950).^[1][2]

During the 1950s, she started singing professionally, eventually abandoning her career as an actress in the 1960s. Since then, she has recorded more than 35 discs.

As a singer, she has specialized in traditional Spanish and Latin American music: bolero, copla (music), ballad, ronda, vals, and folk music (Peruvian, Argentinian, Mexican, and Venezuelan). Her voice tone is clear and slightly low, and she has an extremely proper Spanish pronunciation. She typically sings accompanied by guitars, requintos, and drums. She sang for close to 30 years with the same group, Los Gemelos, formed by twin brothers, Santiago López Hernández and Julián López Hernández, until the death of Santiago in the early 1990s.^[1][3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• María Dolores Pradera at the Internet Movie Database