Born Nonna Dooley in New York City into a working class Irish family, she was named for her great-aunt, Mary Nonna Dunphy, who founded the Academy of the Holy Angels in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Born Nonna Dooley in New York City into a working class Irish family, she was named for her great-aunt. Mary Nonna Dunphy was her great-aunt. Aunt, Mary Nonna Dunphy founded the Academy of the Holy Angels in Fort Lee. Fort Lee was New Jersey.