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Dolores Dolores, Spanish for "pain; grief", most commonly refers to: * Our Lady of Sorrows or La Virgen María de los Dolores * Dolores (given name) Dolores may also refer to: Film * ''Dolores'' (2017 film), an American documentary by Peter Bratt * ' ...

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Dolly Ahluwalia Dolly Ahluwalia is an Indian actress and costume designer who was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001 for costume design.Dolly Collins Dorothy Ann Collins (6 March 1933 – 22 September 1995), was an English folk musician, arranger and composer. She was the older sister of Shirley Collins. Born in Hastings, Sussex (now East Sussex), she grew up in an artistic, socialist ...

(1933–1995), British musician *

Dolly Haas Dolly may refer to: Tools *Dolly (tool), a portable anvil * A posser, also known as a dolly, used for laundering * A variety of wheeled tools, including: **Dolly (trailer), for towing behind a vehicle **Boat dolly or launching dolly, a device fo ...

(1910–1994), German-American singer and entertainer; wife of caricaturist Al Hirschfeld *

Dolly Hall Dorothy Theresa Hall (born April 26, 1960) is an American film producer. Biography Hall has produced films including ''The Wedding Banquet'' (1993), ''The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love'' (1995), '' All Over Me'' (1997), ''High ...

(born 1960), American film producer * Dolly Jacobs (born c. 1957), American circus aerialist * Dolly Martin (born 1944), English pinup model and actress *

Dolly Parton Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...

(born 1946), American country musician *

Dolly Rathebe Dolly Rathebe ( OIS) (2 April 1928 – 16 September 2004) was a South African musician and actress who performed with the Elite Swingsters jazz band, and in Alf Herbert's ''African Jazz and Variety Show''. Rathebe died on 16 September 2004 f ...

(1928–2004), South African musician and actress *

Dolly Shepherd Elizabeth "Dolly" Shepherd (1886-1983) was a parachutist and fairground entertainer in the Edwardian era. Early life Shepherd was born in Potters Bar, Middlesex, England. Career At the age of 16, she got a job as a waitress at the Alexan ...

(1887–1983), English parachutist and fairground entertainer *

Dolly Sohi Dolly Sohi Dhanowa is an Indian television actress, known for playing the leads in shows like Bhabhi, Kalash. Dolly returned to television with shows like Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi and Khoob Ladi Mardaani...Jhansi Ki Rani Filmography Televis ...

(born 1975), Indian actress *

Dolly Wells Dorothy Perpetua Wells (born Gatacre; 5 December 1971)Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, vol. III, 2003, pg 3046 is an English actress and writer. She co-wrote and starred in the Sky Living series ''Doll & Em'' (2014–2015) with Emily ...

(born 1971), English actress and writer

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Basil D'Oliveira Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE OIS (4 October 1931 – 19 November 2011) was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background, whose potential selection by England for the scheduled 1968–69 tour of apartheid-era South ...

(1931–2011), English cricketer nicknamed Dolly *

Dolly Gray (baseball) William Denton "Dolly" Gray (December 4, 1878 – April 4, 1956) was a left-handed professional baseball pitcher who played from 1909 to 1911 for the Washington Senators. One source says he was born in Ishpeming, Michigan. Before the big league ...

(1878–1956), baseball pitcher *

Dolly King Dolly may refer to: Tools *Dolly (tool), a portable anvil * A posser, also known as a dolly, used for laundering * A variety of wheeled tools, including: **Dolly (trailer), for towing behind a vehicle **Boat dolly or launching dolly, a device fo ...

(1916–1969), American basketball player, one of a handful of African Americans to play in the National Basketball League *

Dolly Stark Monroe Randolph Stark (January 19, 1885 – December 1, 1924) was a college baseball coach and professional baseball player who coached the Mississippi A&M Aggies, now known as the Mississippi State Bulldogs to a 22–4 record in 1909. He the ...

(1885–1924), baseball shortstop *

Dolly Stark (umpire) Albert D. "Dolly" Stark (November 4, 1897 – August 24, 1968) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1928 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1940. Stark was the first Jewish umpire in modern baseball. Early ...

(1897–1968), baseball umpire *

Dolly Vanderlip Dolly Vanderlip ''Ozburn(born June 4, 1937) is a former pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 140 lb., Vanderlip batted and threw right-handed. She was born in Charlotte, North ...

(born 1937), pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

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Doyle Brunson Doyle F. Brunson (born August 10, 1933) is a retired American poker player who played professionally for over 50 years. He is a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, and the author of several ...

(born 1933), professional poker player known as "Dolly" or "Texas Dolly" *

Derek Draper Derek William Draper (born 15 August 1967) is an English former lobbyist. As a political advisor he was involved in two political scandals, "Lobbygate" in 1998, and again in 2009 while Draper was editor of the LabourList website. He has worked ...

(born 1967), British former lobbyist, nicknamed Dolly *

Robert 'Dolly' Dunn __NOTOC__ Robert Joseph 'Dolly' Dunn (c. 1941 – 11 July 2009) was an Australian convicted child molester. He was a school teacher by profession, working for the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious order. Robert 'Dolly' Dunn taught science ...

(1941–2009), Australian paedophile *

Dolly Gee (banker) Dolly Gee was a Chinese-American banker. She was the manager of San Francisco's Chinatown branch of the Bank of America for 34 years and is considered the first woman bank manager in America. Biography Gee was born in China and came to the Unit ...

(died 1966), American banker * Dolly Peel (1782–1857), celebrity in Victorian England; fishwife, smuggler, nurse and poet *

Dolly Pentreath Dorothy Pentreath (16 May 1692 aptised– 26 December 1777) was a fishwife from Mousehole, Cornwall, England. She is the best-known of the last fluent speakers of the Cornish language. She is also often credited as the last known native spea ...

(died 1777), probably the last fluent native speaker of the Cornish language prior to its revival in 1904 *

Dolly Sinatra Dolly Sinatra (; born Natalina Maria Vittoria Garaventa; ; December 26, 1896 – January 6, 1977) was the mother of American singer Frank Sinatra. She was born in Lumarzo ( Province of Genoa), in northern Italy; she immigrated to the United State ...

(1896–1977), mother of Frank Sinatra *

(born 1971) Actress born in united kingdom

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