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Dolores Catania (née Spagnola; born December 28, 1970) is an American television personality, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. She is best known as a main cast member of the reality tv show The Real Housewives of New Jersey, appearing in that capacity since the show’s seventh season in 2016.
Catania was born in Paterson, New Jersey to Lawrence and Valerie Spagnola. Her father is a former Paterson Chief of Police and her mother is a homemaker. She has three sisters, Laura, Tonya, and Valerie “Val”, and a brother, Louis.
Catania and her siblings were raised in Paterson along with her fellow Real Housewives of New Jersey co-star Teresa Giudice and Giudice’s cousin and former cast member Kathy Wakile.
In season 11 of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Dolores revealed that her parents have remained happily married, despite living separately since her father became Paterson’s Chief of Police.
In her youth, Catania worked as a waitress and shampoo girl before becoming a corrections officer, following her aspirations to become a cop; she later became a realtor and surgical assistant.
Catania made subsequent appearances on The Real Housewives of New Jersey during…
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