# Dolores Faith > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dolores_Faith > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dolores_Faith.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Faith > Source revision: 1356923138 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actress (1941–1990)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Dolores Faith | image = Dolores Faith.jpg | image_size = | caption = Faith in 1961 | birth_name = Dolores Faith Hedges | birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|07|15}} | birth_place = [Cleveland](/source/Cleveland), [Ohio](/source/Ohio), U.S. | education = [Alexander Hamilton High School](/source/Alexander_Hamilton_High_School_(Los_Angeles)) | known_for = {{hlist|[The Phantom Planet](/source/The_Phantom_Planet)|[The Human Duplicators](/source/The_Human_Duplicators)|[Mutiny in Outer Space](/source/Mutiny_in_Outer_Space)}} | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1961–1972 | death_date = {{Death date and age|1990|02|25|1941|07|15}} | death_place = [Miami](/source/Miami), [Florida](/source/Florida), U.S. | resting_place = | spouse = {{marriage|James Robert Neal
|1972|1977|end=divorced}} | awards = }} '''Dolores Faith Hedges''' (July 15, 1941 – February 25, 1990), better known as '''Dolores Faith''', was an American actress. She is best remembered as the mute girl Zetha in the 1961 science fiction film ''[The Phantom Planet](/source/The_Phantom_Planet)''. Her brief career came to an end when she married millionaire James Robert Neal. ==Early life== Dolores Faith Hedges was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 15, 1941. She was of Hungarian and Italian descent.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITClSVUV7voC&dq=%22Dolores+Faith%22&pg=PA79 |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |pages=77–79 |first=Tom |last=Lisanti |publisher=[McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company) |year=2007 |isbn=978-0786431724}} She lost her hearing at age four from an accident, but it later returned by age eight. A natural blonde, she dyed her hair black to better match her olive skin. She graduated from [Alexander Hamilton High School](/source/Alexander_Hamilton_High_School_(Los_Angeles)) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California, in 1958. She was a member of the "Sock 'n' Buskin" drama club.{{Citation needed |date=January 2022}} ==Career== Faith began as a model and as a dance instructor before acting. In 1959, she was given a screen test by [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.) They chose not to hire her because of her resemblance to both [Elizabeth Taylor](/source/Elizabeth_Taylor) and [Grace Kelly](/source/Grace_Kelly). She became a Hollywood Deb Star in 1962 and was featured in ''Life'' magazine in 1963.{{cite web |url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/556/Dolores+Faith/index.html |title=Dolores Faith |work=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen |accessdate=December 14, 2015}}{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RkkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 |title=Ah, What Sights—Water Sprites! |first=Don |last=Ornitz |magazine=[Life](/source/Life_(magazine)) |date=April 26, 1963 |issn=0024-3019}} Faith probably is best remembered for three low-budget science fiction films: ''[The Phantom Planet](/source/The_Phantom_Planet)'', ''[The Human Duplicators](/source/The_Human_Duplicators)'' and ''[Mutiny in Outer Space](/source/Mutiny_in_Outer_Space)''. She also appeared in dramas. In ''V.D.'', she was a young vixen who gets [gonorrhea](/source/gonorrhea) from the "hero" (who got it from a prostitute). In ''Wild Harvest'', she plays the mistress of a ruthless, womanizing vineyard manager whom she sides against after getting fed up. She was also in ''[Shell Shock](/source/Shell_Shock_(film))'', a war drama. On television, she appeared in episodes of ''[Ripcord](/source/Ripcord_(TV_series))'', ''[Have Gun - Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_-_Will_Travel)'' and ''[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.](/source/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E.)'', a two-part episode released theatrically as ''[One of Our Spies Is Missing](/source/One_of_Our_Spies_Is_Missing)''. ==Personal life== Faith met Texas millionaire and [Maxwell House](/source/Maxwell_House) heir James Robert Neal (1921-2006) and the couple became a regular sight at various public events. In November 1972, they were married in [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas) after a long courtship, and she retired from acting.{{cite news |title=In Hollywood |first=Dorothy |last=Manners |newspaper=[Mansfield News Journal](/source/Mansfield_News_Journal) |page=21 |date=November 25, 1972}} They divorced in April 1977. They remarried years later and remained married until her death.{{Citation needed |date=January 2022}} ==Death== Faith died by suicide {{Cite web |title=Dolores Faith - The Private Life and Times of Dolores Faith. Dolores Faith Pictures. |url=https://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/556/Dolores+Faith/index.html |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com}} in Miami, Florida, on February 25, 1990, at the age of 48. In his book ''Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles'', author Tom Lisanti falsely claimed that Faith was alive and living in Florida as of 2006. ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" |Notes |- |1961 |''[All in a Night's Work](/source/All_in_a_Night's_Work_(film))'' |Girl Holding Hands |Uncredited |- |1961 |''[The Phantom Planet](/source/The_Phantom_Planet)'' |Zetha | |- |1961 |''[Love in a Goldfish Bowl](/source/Love_in_a_Goldfish_Bowl)'' |Pie Throwing Girl |Uncredited |- |1961 |''[V.D.](/source/V.D._(film))'' |Kathy Durham | |- |1962 |''[Wild Harvest](/source/Wild_Harvest_(1962_film))'' |Rose | |- |1963 |''[Ripcord](/source/Ripcord_(TV_series))'' |Tanya Rovag |Episode: "The Last Chapter" |- |1963 |''[Have Gun - Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_-_Will_Travel)'' |The Rani |Episode: "The Caravan" |- |1964 |''[Shell Shock](/source/Shell_Shock_(film))'' |American Girl | |- |1965 |''[Honeymoon Hotel](/source/Honeymoon_Hotel_(1964_film))'' |Mrs. Fendelmeyer |Uncredited |- |1965 |''[Mutiny in Outer Space](/source/Mutiny_in_Outer_Space)'' |Faith Montaine | |- |1965 |''[The Human Duplicators](/source/The_Human_Duplicators)'' |Lisa Dornheimer | |- |1965 |''[House of the Black Death](/source/House_of_the_Black_Death)'' |Valerie Desard | |- |1966 |''[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.](/source/The_Man_from_U.N.C.L.E.)'' |Lorelei Lancer |Episode: "The Bridge of Lions Affair, Part 1" |- |1966 |''[One of Our Spies Is Missing](/source/One_of_Our_Spies_Is_Missing)'' |Lorelei Lancer | |- |1966 |''[That Tennessee Beat](/source/That_Tennessee_Beat)'' |Belle Scofield |- |1972 |''Summer of '63'' |Kathy |Uncredited
Short film, uses footage from 1961 V.D. film |} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0265697}} * {{Find a Grave|167549083}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faith, Dolores}} Category:1941 births Category:1990 suicides Category:1990 deaths Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Actresses from Cleveland Category:American film actresses Category:American people of Hungarian descent Category:American people of Italian descent Category:American television actresses Category:Suicides in Florida --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Dolores Faith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Faith) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_Faith?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.