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Jeanine Deckers (born Jeanne-Paule Marie Deckers; October 17, 1933 – March 29, 1985), better known as The Singing Nun, was a nun, and a member (as Sister Luc Gabriel) of the Dominican Fichermont Convent in Belgium.

Popular in the convent for her music, she was encouraged by the other nuns to record an album in 1963.

One song from that album, "Dominique", soared to the top of the charts in the United States. Overnight, the Dominican nun was an international celebrity with the stage name of Soeur Sourire (Sister Smile). She gave concerts and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.

She won a Grammy for "Dominique", the first (and so far only) Catholic sister to win a Grammy award.

In 1966, a movie called The Singing Nun was made about her, starring Debbie Reynolds in the title role; Deckers rejected the film as "fictional".

As the 1960s progressed, Deckers stopped performing in favor of a more rigorous devotional life.

In 1967, she left to pursue her