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Date Posted: 10:22:54 07/31/11 Sun
Author: Tim
Subject: Dolores Fuller

Ed Wood muse Dolores Fuller dead at 88
May 11, 2011

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=646623

WENN

Eccentric moviemaker Ed Wood's muse, Dolores Fuller, has died in Las Vegas at age 88.

Fuller, who was portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker in Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's 1994 Wood biopic, was the cross-dressing director's onetime girlfriend and star of his most famous 1950s films, "Glen or Glenda" and "Jail Bait."

The Indiana-born actress, who was a former model, met Wood at a casting call while she was working as a stand-in for Dinah Shore on the entertainer's TV show in 1952. He cast her as his leading lady in 1953's "Glen or Glenda," and the couple became lovers.

They split in 1955 after Wood cast another actress as the lead in his "Bride of the Monster" film, and Fuller moved to New York to study under acting guru Stella Adler.

She also impressed as a songwriter, co-penning Elvis Presley's "Rock-a-Hula Baby" for his 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii."

The success inspired her to write more hits for Presley films and standards like "Someone to Tell It To" and "Losers Weepers."

Fuller also launched Johnny Rivers' recording career.

She chronicled her life in her 2009 autobiography, "A Fuller Life: Hollywood, Ed Wood and Me."

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[> Re: Dolores Fuller -- Officer Torch, 06:49:56 08/02/11 Tue [1]

Seems see was a genuine go getter. An impressive biography, and considerable versatility. Sadly, many of our talented folk from yesteryear are passing, but live on in films, music, writing, the arts, and through fans.

Today, we still cherish artists and works from yesteryear; future generations will likely fondly remember various artists of today, and perhaps some from older times.


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