A Look Up in Angora

Dolores Fuller, sharer of angora sweaters with Edward D. Wood, Jr., has died from complications of a stroke at the age of 88. Fuller was the girlfriend of the notoriously untalented cross-dressing director and saw their love story played out in the semi-autobiographical Glen or Glenda?, which tells the story of a man who tells his fiancée that he likes to wear women’s clothing. As the supportive fiancée, Fuller literally gives him the shirt off her back. She also appeared in Jail Bait and Bride of the Monster. Her association with Wood pretty much buried any chance she may have had at a film career, but she did write songs for Elvis Presley movies, including “Rock-a-Hula Baby” from Blue Hawaii, and “Do the Clam” from Girl Happy.