Dolly Sharp -

She starred in hit shows such as Seventeen (1951) before even graduating high school.

Dolly Sharp , born , was a versatile performer whose career spanned the heights of the Broadway stage and the Hollywood studio system before she reinvented herself in the adult film industry during the early 1970s. Early Life and Prodigy Years dolly sharp

Before her pivot to the adult industry, Wood enjoyed a successful mainstream career: She starred in hit shows such as Seventeen

She appeared in films directed by Academy Award winners, including Stanley Donen in Give a Girl a Break (1953) and William Friedkin. Born on April 25, 1935, in Port Arthur,

Born on April 25, 1935, in Port Arthur, Texas, Wood was a child prodigy on the violin . By age 16, she had performed a solo on NBC’s variety program Broadway Open House . Her immense talent earned her a spot in the Juilliard School's pre-college program in New York City.

By her mid-30s, facing the challenges of "aging out" of the traditional Hollywood system and being an unemployed single mother, she adopted the stage name . She entered the burgeoning New York adult film scene in the early 1970s, assuming the anonymity of wigs and the niche nature of the genre at the time.