Actress/songwriter Dolores Fuller was #BornOnThisDay, March 10, 1923. One-time girlfriend of film director Ed Wood, her film roles include Glen or Glenda (1953), Jail Bait (1954), & Bride of the Monster (1955). Later, Elvis Presley recorded her songs. Passed in 2011 (age 88) #RIP

Dolores Fuller


Fuller in Jail Bait (1954)

Born: Dolores Agnes Eble; March 10, 1923; South Bend, Indiana, U.S.
Died: May 9, 2011 (aged 88); Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.

Dolores Agnes Fuller (née Eble; 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.

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Television performer and songwriter

Fuller had already had earlier experience on television in Queen for a Day and The Dinah Shore Show.

She also appeared on an episode of It's a Great Life as "the blonde in the mink coat."

Fuller's ability as a songwriter manifested itself through the intervention of her friend, producer Hal Wallis; Fuller had wanted to get an acting role in the Elvis Presley movie Blue Hawaii, which Wallis was producing, but instead he put her in touch with Hill & Range, the publisher that provided Presley with songs. Fuller went into a collaborative partnership with composer Ben Weisman and co-wrote one song, "Rock-A-Hula Baby", for the film. Over time, this led to Presley recording a dozen of her songs, including "I Got Lucky" and "Spinout", primarily for his film soundtracks, though he also recorded "Cindy, Cindy" for his 1971 album Love Letters From Elvis. Fuller's music was also recorded by Nat 'King' Cole, Peggy Lee, and other leading talents of the time. Toward the end of her life, Dolores helped edit and score a short western film Ed Wood had begun, but never completed, in the 1940s called Crossroads of Laredo{.}

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Glen or Glenda is a 1953 American exploitation film written, directed by and starring Ed Wood ( credited in his starring role as "Daniel Davis" ), and featuring Bela Lugosi and Wood's then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller. It was produced by George Weiss who also made the exploitation film Test Tube Babies that same year.

The film is a docudrama about cross-dressing and transsexuality, and is semi-autobiographical in nature. Wood himself was a cross-dresser, and the film is a plea for tolerance. It is widely considered one of the worst films ever made. However, it has become a cult film due to its low-budget production values and idiosyncratic style.