13 Facts About Dolly Sinatra

Dolly Sinatra was born in Lumarzo, in northern Italy; she immigrated to the United States as an infant.

Dolly Sinatra became involved in politics and worked as a midwife.

Dolly Sinatra was brought to the United States when she was two months old.

Dolly Sinatra weighed 13.5 pounds at birth and had to be delivered with the aid of forceps, which caused severe scarring to his left cheek, neck, and ear, and perforated his ear drum, damage that remained for life.

Dolly Sinatra was influential in Hoboken and in local Democratic Party circles.

Dolly Sinatra used her knowledge of Italian dialects and fluent English to translate for immigrants during court proceedings, particularly those pertaining to requests for citizenship.

Dolly Sinatra was the first immigrant woman to hold that position in her local third ward, where she reliably delivered as many as six hundred votes for Democratic candidates.

Dolly Sinatra worked as a midwife, earning $50 for each delivery, a fair amount of money at the time.

Dolly Sinatra later recalled spending time at the bar, working on his homework and occasionally singing a song on top of the player piano for spare change.

Dolly Sinatra enjoyed gambling while visiting her son in Las Vegas.

On January 6,1977, Dolly Sinatra had invited friend, Anna Stack Carbone, to join her in a chartered flight provided by son Frank, to travel from Palm Springs to Las Vegas to see him perform and do some gambling.

Dolly Sinatra was later interred at Desert Memorial Park in nearby Cathedral City, California, where her husband, Marty Sinatra, was buried nearly a decade earlier.

Dolly Sinatra was portrayed by Academy Award winning actress Olympia Dukakis in the 1992 biographical miniseries Sinatra.