Dolores Fuller

    Known For

    Acting

    Birthday

    March 10, 1923

    Day of Death

    May 9, 2011 (88 years old)

    Dolores Fuller

    Biography

    Dolores Agnes Fuller (March 10, 1923 – May 9, 2011) was an American actress and songwriter best known as the one-time girlfriend of the low-budget film director Ed Wood. She played the protagonist's girlfriend in Glen or Glenda, co-starred in Wood's Jail Bait, and had a minor role in his Bride of the Monster. After she broke up with Wood in 1955, she relocated to New York and had a very successful career there as a songwriter. Elvis Presley recorded a number of her songs written for his films.

    Known For

    • It Happened One Night

      It Happened One Night

      1934

    • Glen or Glenda

      Glen or Glenda

      1953

    • Bride of the Monster

      Bride of the Monster

      1955

    • The Blue Gardenia

      The Blue Gardenia

      1953

    • Jail Bait

      Jail Bait

      1954

    • Mesa of Lost Women

      Mesa of Lost Women

      1953

    • The Opposite Sex

      The Opposite Sex

      1956

    • Count the Hours!

      Count the Hours!

      1953

    • The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

      The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

      1996

    • Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora

      Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora

      1994

    • Outlaw Women

      Outlaw Women

      1952

    • The Corpse Grinders 2

      The Corpse Grinders 2

      2000

    • The Ironbound Vampire

      The Ironbound Vampire

      1994

    • Dimension in Fear

      Dimension in Fear

      1998

    • Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

      Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

      2014