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Dolores Fuller first got the idea that she wanted to get into the picture business at the age of ten, when she was an extra in the motel sequence of "It Happened One Night" (1934). She acted in school plays, modeled and landed a few jobs on TV In the early 1950s, she and her actress-friend Mona McKinnon went to a casting call where they met producer-director Edward D. Wood, Jr., who became Fuller's boyfriend. Wood's real-life passion for wearing women's clot hes was focussed upon in the filmmaker's semi-autobiographical "Glen or Glenda", in which Wood starred as a cross-dresser and Fuller played his girlfriend. Fuller also appeared in Wood's "Jail Bait" and "Bride of the Monster" before his drinking ca used a split. Fuller turned songwriter, wrote tunes for a number of movies (including Elvis Presley's "Blue Hawaii" and "Kid Galahad"), founded her own record company (Dee Dee Records) and helped to launch the careers of Johnny Rivers and Tanya Tucker. Fuller is vocal in her dislike of the way she was depicted by Sarah Jessica Parker in director Tim Burton's "Ed Wood" (1994).

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Was Dinah Shore's double on "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956) until her conflict in filming Jail Bait (1954) with Edward D. Wood Jr. caused her to get fired.

On her convention appearances, she brings her white angora sweater that she wore in her Edward D. Wood Jr. movies from decades ago. She adorns it over the fans' shoulders along with her when taking pictures. At home, she keeps it in a small freezer to preserve it.

Is portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker in Ed Wood (1994)

Interviewed in "It Came from Horrorwood: Interviews with Moviemakers in the SF and Horror Tradition" by Tom Weaver (McFarland, 1996).

Where Are They Now

(2000) For the last few years- she has been making Celebrity Convention appearances across the USA.

(2003) Residing quietly in Las Vegas, Nevada

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