Biography

Dorothy Hadley Joly was born the youngest of four children. She majored in theater prior to obtaining a degree in retail management as well Hotel and Restaurant Management. She worked in retail management and then transitioned into a career in the public school system in Administration. She volunteered extensively, which had included coordinating parent volunteers and also creating a YouTube Channel called The Bluffton Local Nomad, still open to this day to send positive messages into the world. Dorothy's most notable roles include the loving cancer ridden wife, Julia Butler, of Jeff Fahey starring in the SAG feature "The Final Run", aka "The Final Load" (2023), along with Judd Nelson. Her recent role of the helpful and mortified Housekeeper, Mrs. Rae, in the television movie "The Perfect In-Laws" (2023) started this movie off perfectly. And she is filming in the Indie Horror Film "Pater Noster and the Mission of Light" as the loving, devoted, and misguided Cult leader DeJa Venus, due in the fall of 2024. She also finished filming this past fall (2023) as the friendly and interestingly helpful Cottage rental hostess, Lynn, in "Eclipse on Blood Mountain". Other roles include the friendly and no-nonsense bank manager in the feature, "The Answer" (2018), and the caring and heartbroken widow in the period drama, Matinee (2016). Dorothy also appears as an emotionally embittered wife in the drama, "Indeed" (2017), and the stoic nurse in the sci-fi film, "Expiration Date" (2019). She also plays the innocent and yet chilling murderer in the horror film, "Chello" (2018). Dorothy has traveled extensively, including biking over fifteen hundred miles through western Canada and over the Continental Divide. She enjoys hand gliding, biking, hiking, parasailing, jet skiing, tennis, and kayaking. She has her 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and is happily married with two military sons (Navy & Army) living outside Augusta, GA northeast of Atlanta, GA.

- IMDb mini biography by: MM & DHJ

Dorothy Hadley Joly was born the youngest of four children. She majored in theater prior to obtaining a degree in retail management as well Hotel and Restaurant Management. She worked in retail management and then transitioned into a career in the public school system in Administration. She volunteers extensively, which had included coordinating volunteers and creating a YouTube Channel called The Bluffton Local Nomad during Covid transition. Dorothy's most notable roles include the loving cancer ridden wife of Jeff Fahey starring in the SAG feature "The Final Load" (postproduction) (2023), along with Judd Nelson. Her recent role of the helpful and mortified Housekeeper, Mrs. Rae, in the television movie "The Perfect In-Laws" (postproduction) (2023) opened this movie perfectly. And she is filming in the Horror Film "Pater Noster" as the loving, devoted, and devious DeJa Venus this spring and summer. (2023) Other roles include the friendly and no-nonsense bank manager in the feature, "The Answer" (2018), and the caring and heartbroken widow in the period drama, Matinee (2016). Dorothy also appears as an emotionally embittered wife in the drama, "Indeed" (2017), and the stoic nurse in the sci-fi film, "Expiration Date" (2019). She also plays the innocent and yet chilling murderer in the horror film, "Chello" (2018). Dorothy has traveled extensively, including biking over fifteen hundred miles through western Canada and over the Continental Divide. She enjoys hand gliding, biking, hiking, parasailing, jet skiing, tennis, and kayaking. She has her 1st Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do and is happily married with two military sons (Navy & Army) living outside Augusta, GA northeast of Atlanta, GA.

- IMDb mini biography by: MM & DHJ