{{short description|American actress and producer}} {{Use American English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Y. Dolly Fox | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Yolande Dolly Fox | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | occupation = actress, producer, philanthropist | spouse = John Campbell (1991-1993; his death) | parents = Matthew M. Fox (father)<br>Yolande Betbeze (mother) | children = Paris Campbell Grace | relatives = Cherif Guellal (stepfather) }}

'''Yolande Dolly Fox Campbell''', known professionally as '''Dolly Fox''', is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist.

== Early life and family == Fox is the daughter of Matthew M. Fox, the former vice president of Universal Pictures, and Yolande Betbeze Fox, a singer and activist who was crowned Miss America 1951.<ref>{{cite news | last=Bernstein | first=Adam | title=Yolande Betbeze Fox, a Miss America who rebelled, dies at 87 | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2016-02-26 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/yolande-betbeze-fox-a-miss-america-who-rebelled-dies-at-87/2016/02/25/32374126-dbda-11e5-81ae-7491b9b9e7df_story.html | access-date=2024-08-29}}</ref><ref name="People people">{{cite web|first1=Michelle |last1=Tauber |first2=Mike |last2=Neill |first3=Lisa |last3=Russell |first4=Joanne|last4=Fowler |first5=Julie |last5=Dam |first6=Alex |last6=Tresniowski |first7=Samantha |last7=Miller |first8=Steve |last8=Dougherty |first9=Ting |last9=Yu |title= American Beauties: 80 Years |work= People |url=https://people.com/archive/american-beauties-80-years-vol-54-no-16/ |date=October 16, 2000}}</ref><ref name= AL>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/entertainment/2014/09/yolande_betbeze_fox_alabamas_f.html|title=Yolande Betbeze Fox: Alabama's first Miss America reflects on title more than 60 years later|first=Rachel|last=Sinclair|date=September 9, 2014|website=al}}</ref> Her father died of a heart attack in 1964.<ref name="New York">{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Matthew M. Fox, an Executive In Movies and TV, Dead at 53; Vice President of Universal at 25, He Was 'Economic Godfather of Indonesia'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/03/archives/matthew-m-fox-an-executive-in-movies-and-tv-dead-at-53-vice.html|access-date=June 16, 2024|work=The New York Times|date=June 3, 1964}}</ref>

Her mother purchased the Newton D. Baker House in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. from Michael Whitney Straight and Nina Gore Auchincloss and Fox spent the remainder of her childhood here, and in Paris and Los Angeles.<ref name= al2/> The mansion had previously been the residence of Jacqueline Kennedy after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.<ref name="Cinc">{{cite news|last1=Staff|title=Mrs. Onassis, 'Gracious Full of Pep,' D.C. Socialite Says|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/101037108/|access-date=March 14, 2016|publisher=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=December 7, 1975}}</ref>

As a child, Fox visited her maternal grandmother, Ethel Betbeze, in Point Clear, Alabama.<ref name= al2/>

== Career == Fox acted and sang in many stage productions at the Red Mountain Theater Company, located in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition to many musical comedies she starred on tv soap opera for years. She also was a Zoli model. and was an editor for Andy Warhol's magazine ''Interview''.<ref name= al2/><ref name= yellowhammer/> She was on the ABC soap opera " All MY Children" and NBC's "Another World".

She is the founder and CEO of Y.D. Fox Entertainment, a company that produces films, television shows, and stage productions. She produced the play "Women Behind Bars in 2020. a movie " Theshold " <ref name= broadway/> She was on the board of the PATH fund (Performers that Help), as well as the Executive producer of their yearly fundraiser "Rockers on Broadway" for many years, mentoring youth pursuing the theater.<ref name= yellowhammer>{{Cite web|url=https://yellowhammernews.com/stars-including-alabama-luminaries-come-out-for-rockers-on-broadway/|title=Stars, including Alabama luminaries, come out for 'Rockers on Broadway'|first=Alec|last=Harvey|date=December 8, 2019}}</ref> Fox serves as an advisory board member for the Felix Organization, a non-profit organization benefiting foster children in New York. In 2024, she launched the first star studded live musical review to fund the summer camp program started only 3 years ago; Felix Camp Pride. This is the only existing LGBTQIA sleep away camp for foster children in the entire USA (of this writing 9/24 )<ref name= al2/><ref name= broadway>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/industry/article/Y-Dolly-Fox-Joins-Producing-Team-For-DOROTHY-DANDRIDGE-THE-MUSICAL-20240711|title=Y. Dolly Fox Joins Producing Team For DOROTHY DANDRIDGE! THE MUSICAL|first=Chloe|last=Rabinowitz|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref> Fox is a member of the Actors' Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, and the Screen Actors Guild.<ref name= broadway/>

Fox produced a musical showcase fundraiser at The Cutting Room in New York City featuring performances by N'Kenge, Jahzara Martin, Darryl McDaniels, Sammy Rae and the friends and Alexa Ray Joel.<ref name= broadway/>

In 2019, Fox served as a judge for the Miss Alabama pageant in Birmingham.<ref name= al2>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/news/2019/06/68-years-ago-miss-america-refused-to-take-photos-in-a-swimsuit-now-her-daughter-is-judging-miss-alabama.html|title=68 years ago, Miss America refused to take swimsuit photos. Now her daughter is judging Miss Alabama|first=Abbey|last=Crain|date=June 6, 2019|website=al}}</ref>

In June 2024, she joined the producing team for the Broadway play ''Dorothy Dandridge! The Musical''.<ref name= broadway/>

== Personal life == Fox married the American blues musician John Campbell in 1991,<ref name= thetimes>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/yolande-betbeze-fox-kt2mdztw0|title=Yolande Betbeze Fox|date=August 29, 2024|website=www.thetimes.com}}</ref> who died in 1993.<ref name= nytimes>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/17/obituaries/john-campbell-41-guitarist-and-singer.html|title=John Campbell, 41, Guitarist and Singer|work=The New York Times |date=June 17, 1993|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> From her marriage to Campbell, she has one daughter, Yolande Paris Campbell Grace.<ref name= nytimes/>

Fox lives in New York City.<ref name= al2/>

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