Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Acting 1922-11-09 Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles. In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She is the subject of the 1999 biographical film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry portraying her. She has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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2004 Self (archive footage)
2003 Self (archive footage)
2002 Self (archive footage)
2001 Self (archive footage)
1961 Norma Sherman
1961 Norma Sherman
1960 Gianna
1959 Bess
1958 Aiché, Reiker's mistress
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1958 Mahia
1957 Margot Seaton
1954 Carmen Jones
1953 Jane Richards
1953 Dorothy Dandridge
1953 Self
1951 Ann Carpenter
1951 Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
1948 Self
1946 Herself
1945 Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
1944 Singer
1944 Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
1943 Showgirl (uncredited)
1943 Count Basie Band Singer
1943 Singer
1942 Self
1942 Singer/Dancer
1942 Princess Malimi
1942 Cowgirl
1942 Hollyhock School Maid
1942 Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited)
1941 Specialty Act
1941 Thalia
1941 Vocalist
1941
1941 Felice
1941 Kipsang's Wife
1941 Dancer (uncredited)
1941
1941 Self
1940 Helen Fielding
1940 One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
1940 Self
1938 Member of The Dandridge Sisters
1938 One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
1937 Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)
1937 Singer (uncredited)
1935 Student
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