of Mother Dolores Hart to Regina Laudis". Since 1963, when she joined the Bethlehem abbey, she disciplined herself under the Rule of Saint Benedict. At the breakfast, several people spoke, including Patricia Neal and Maria Cooper Janis, the daughter of Hollywood leading man Gary Cooper. A documentary film about Hart's life, God Is the Bigger Elvis, was a nominee for the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) and was shown on HBO in April 2012. Hart attended the 2012 Academy Awards for the documentary; her last red-carpet Oscar event had been in 1959 as a Hollywood starlet. In her autobiography, The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey From Hollywood to Holy Vows (Ignatius Press)—co-authored with lifelong friend Richard DeNeut and released on May 7, 2013—Hart told her life story, from her birth in Chicago to becoming Catholic, from her Hollywood adventures to monastery life. Filmography {|class=wikitable width=42% |+ Feature films ! width=2%|Year !! width=20%|Title !! width=20%|Role |- | rowspan=2|1957 || Loving You || Susan Jessup |- | Wild Is the Wind || Angie |- | rowspan=2|1958 || Lonelyhearts || Justy Sargent |- | King Creole || Nellie |- | rowspan=2|1960 || The Plunderers || Ellie Walters |- | Where the Boys Are || Merritt Andrews |- | rowspan=2|1961|| Francis of Assisi || Clare |- | Sail a Crooked Ship || Elinor Harrison |- | 1962 || The Inspector A.K.A. Lisa || Lisa Held |- | 1963 || Come Fly with Me || Donna Stuart |- | 2011 || God Is the Bigger Elvis || Herself |- | 2015 || Tab Hunter Confidential || Herself |- | 2017 || The Seven Ages of Elvis || Herself |}The Seven Ages of Elvis is a 90-minute UK feature documentary produced and directed by David Upshal, and broadcast by Sky Arts to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. References External links Abbey of Regina Laudis Web site "How A Movie Actress Left Hollywood for a Contract with God", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Ear of the Heart: An Actress' Journey from Hollywood to Holy Vows (Ignatius Press: ) "A Cloistered Life" in Psychology Today'' TVNow.com Dolores Hart" American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Benedictine abbesses Actresses from Chicago Writers from Chicago Writers from Connecticut People from Bethlehem, Connecticut 1938 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American Roman Catholic nuns 21st-century American Roman Catholic nuns Catholics