Jeanine Deckers became famous internationally in 1963 as Sœur Sourire (Sister Smile) when she scored a hit with the song "Dominique" but would never again score another hit. Her sudden fame didn't last long and even the failure of a 1966 film based somewhat on her life, also titled The Singing Nun, didn't do anything to help her fame and Deckers condemned the film as fiction. The film was also poorly made too early and it muddies the liberal image of Deckers, who would go on to criticize the conservative establishment of the Roman Catholic Church. She wrote a song promoting birth control which she strongly supported called "Glory be to God for the Golden Pill". The song didn't become a hit, however. She was also possibly gay with her partner, Anna Pecher.