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Dolly Parton as a gay icon
Dolly Parton was an American country superstar considered a gay icon for decades of LGBTQ+ allyship, camp and drag appeal, the 1991 song "Family," "Travelin' Thru" for Transamerica, and marriage-equality and trans-rights support.
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors is a 2015 NBC television movie based on Parton's 1971 autobiographical song, starring Alyvia Alyn Lind as young Dolly in 1955 Tennessee; it drew about 13 to 15.9 million viewers and spawned a 2016 Christmas sequel.
Dolly Sisters
The Dolly Sisters, Jenny and Rosie Dolly (born Yansci and Roszika Deutsch), were Hungarian-American identical twin vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies dancers of the 1910s-1920s, later subjects of the 1945 Fox musical starring Betty Grable.
Dolly zoom
Dolly zoom, also called the Vertigo effect, Hitchcock zoom, contra zoom, or zolly: a camera technique invented by Irmin Roberts for Vertigo (1958), moving the camera while zooming the opposite way so the subject stays constant while the background warps, famously used in Jaws and Goodfellas.
Dolma
Dolma (dolmades, sarma, tolma, mahshi) is a family of stuffed vegetable, fruit, and leaf dishes of Turkish origin name, widespread from the Balkans to Iran, with rice and meat fillings; Azerbaijani tradition is UNESCO-listed since 2017.
Dolmuş
Dolmuş was a weekly Turkish political humor magazine published in Istanbul from 1956 to 1958, founded by İlhan Selçuk with his brother, the cartoonist Turhan Selçuk.
Dolnik
Dolnik (Дольник), also called pauznik, is a Russian verse meter with a fixed number of stresses per line and variable 1 to 2 syllable intervals.
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne is Stephen King's 1992 novel (Viking Press), a single-monologue confession by a Maine housekeeper suspected of killing her employer Vera Donovan and of her abusive husband Joe St. George's eclipse-day death; paired with Gerald's Game and filmed in 1995 with Kathy Bates.
Dolores Claiborne (film)
Dolores Claiborne (1995) is Taylor Hackford's psychological thriller adapted by Tony Gilroy from Stephen King's 1992 novel, starring Kathy Bates as a housekeeper accused of murdering her employer, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Christopher Plummer, and David Strathairn; released March 24, 1995 by Columbia Pictures.
Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello, "The Goddess of the Silent Screen" (1903-1979), American silent film actress, star of The Sea Beast (1926), wife of John Barrymore, grandmother of Drew Barrymore, and Isabel in The Magnificent Ambersons.
Dolores del Río
Dolores del Río (María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete, 1904/1905–1983) was a Mexican actress, Hollywood star from 1925 and later a leading figure of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema, known for María Candelaria, The Fugitive, and Flaming Star.
Dolores Fonzi
Dolores Fonzi, born 1978 in Buenos Aires, is an Argentine actress, screenwriter, and director. Known for La patota, Truman, her directing debut Blondi, and the Goya-winning Belén (2025), based on Somos Belén.
Dolores Fuller
Dolores Fuller (born Dolores Agnes Eble, 1923–2011), American actress and songwriter, Ed Wood's girlfriend and star of Glen or Glenda, Jail Bait, and Bride of the Monster; later co-wrote Elvis Presley songs including Rock-A-Hula Baby; portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker in Ed Wood (1994).
Dolores Hart
Dolores Hart (Dolores Hicks, born 1938) is an American Benedictine nun and former actress who starred with Elvis Presley in Loving You and King Creole, then entered the Abbey of Regina Laudis in Connecticut in 1963 and became its prioress.
Dolores Hope
Dolores Hope (Dolores DeFina, stage name Dolores Reade), 1909–2011, American singer and philanthropist, wife of Bob Hope for 69 years; performed on USO troop tours, sang Silent Night in Vietnam 1966 and White Christmas in Saudi Arabia 1990.
Dolores O'Riordan
Dolores O'Riordan (1971–2018), Irish singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of The Cranberries ("Linger", "Dreams", "Zombie"); also solo albums Are You Listening? and No Baggage; died in London in 2018.
Dolores Umbridge
Dolores Jane Umbridge, villain of Rowling's Harry Potter series, Ministry Senior Undersecretary, Hogwarts High Inquisitor and Muggle-born Registration Commission head; permanent scar on Harry, convicted after Voldemort's fall.
Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren (Hans Lundgren, born 1957) is a Swedish actor and karate champion, chemical engineer (Sydney master's, Fulbright to MIT), famous as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, He-Man, Universal Soldier, and The Expendables.
Dolph Sweet
Dolph Sweet (Adolphus Jean Sweet, 1920-1985), American character actor, WWII B-24 navigator and POW, Broadway performer in Streamers and Rhinoceros, soap lead on Another World, and Police Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! from 1981 to his death.
Dolphin Tale
Dolphin Tale (2011), also known by its tagline inspired by Winter's story, is a Charles Martin Smith family drama about a dolphin fitted with a prosthetic tail at Clearwater Marine Aquarium; it grossed about $95 million and spawned a 2014 sequel.
Dolphin Tale 2
Dolphin Tale 2 is a 2014 American family drama film written and directed by Charles Martin Smith, the sequel to the 2011 film Dolphin Tale.
Dolphy
Dolphy (Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr., 1928-2012), Filipino comedian-actor titled King of Comedy (Hari ng Komedi); star of Jack en Jill, John en Marsha, and Home Along Da Riles; received the 2010 Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Heart.
Dom Casmurro
Dom Casmurro is an 1899 novel by the Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, in which the jealous Bento Santiago accuses his wife Capitu of adultery.
Dom DeLuise
Dom DeLuise (Dominick DeLuise, 1933-2009), American comic actor, voice actor, chef, and author, known for Mel Brooks comedies, Burt Reynolds pairings, Don Bluth voice roles, and cookbooks.
Dom Dolla
Dom Dolla, stage name of Dominic Matheson, is an Australian tech-house producer and DJ from Melbourne who broke through with "Take It" (2018) and "San Frandisco" (2019).
Dom Hemingway
Dom Hemingway is a 2013 British black comedy crime film written and directed by Richard Shepard, starring Jude Law as a safecracker freed after 12 years in prison.
Dom Joly
Dom Joly (Dominic Joly, born 1967, Beirut) is an English comedian and travel writer, creator and star of Channel 4's hidden camera hit Trigger Happy TV (2000–2003) with its giant mobile phone, later author of The Dark Tourist and other travel books.
Dom Kennedy
Dom Kennedy (Dominic Hunn), Leimert Park Los Angeles rapper and founder of the independent OPM label, known for The Yellow Album (2012), Get Home Safely, and the Half-a-Mil duo with Hit-Boy.
Dom La Nena
Dom La Nena, born Dominique Pinto in 1989, is a Brazilian-born cellist and singer in Paris known for cello-centered pop and the duo Birds on a Wire.
Dom Moraes
Dom Moraes (Dominic Francis Moraes, 1938–2004) was an Indian poet, journalist, and travel writer from Bombay who won the Hawthornden Prize at 19 and is counted a founder of modern Indian poetry in English.