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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.

6.48 - voted by 47
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.

Cast

Halle Berry poster

Halle Berry

Dorothy Dandridge

Brent Spiner poster

Brent Spiner

Earl Mills

Klaus Maria Brandauer poster

Klaus Maria Brandauer

Otto Preminger

Obba Babatundé poster

Obba Babatundé

Harold Nicholas

Loretta Devine poster

Loretta Devine

Ruby Dandridge

Cynda Williams poster

Cynda Williams

Vivian Dandridge

LaTanya Richardson Jackson poster

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Auntie

Tamara Taylor poster

Tamara Taylor

Geri Nicholas

William Atherton poster

William Atherton

Darryl Zanuck

D. B. Sweeney poster

D. B. Sweeney

Jack Denison

Billy Mayo poster

Billy Mayo

Sergeant

Sharon Brown poster

Sharon Brown

Etta Jones

Guy Torry poster

Guy Torry

First Actor

Sarah Scott Davis poster

Sarah Scott Davis

Second Actress

Kerri Randles poster

Kerri Randles

Marilyn Monroe