Streep researched the history of the Sisters of Charity and wore a wool gabardine replica of their habit with its distinctive bonnet. Before filming “Doubt,†the film version of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer-winning play, “We went up to Saint Vincent’s College, where we shot part of it. And we visited a retirement home for the Sisters of Charity and talked to them. And they were extraordinary, extraordinary people,†Streep said according to a story in the Boston Globe (link no longer active)
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