Dorothy Dandridge
Birthday: 1922-11-09
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography: 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.
Movies
Porgy and Bess
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home t...
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Island in the Sun
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitiou...
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Sun Valley Serenade
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwe...
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Carmen Jones
In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jone...
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history o...
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Paper Doll
In this Soundie, the Mills Brothers sing the title song to a cut-out image of Dorothy Dandridge, whi...
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Bahama Passage
A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take...
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Tamango
A Dutch slave captain, on a voyage to Cuba, faces a revolt fomented by a newly captured African slav...
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Orchestra Wives
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her fee...
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Happy Go Lucky
A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and voodo...
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It Can't Last Forever
Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the ...
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The Decks Ran Red
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind....
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Drums of the Congo
A safari sets out to find a meteorite that fell in the African jungle....
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Moment of Danger
Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crosse...
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Remains to Be Seen
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves f...
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Lady from Louisiana
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate b...
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The Murder Men
Melodrama of the attempt to smash a drug ring and to promote a former addict singer's rehabilitation...
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Sundown
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and en...
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Going Places
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargain...
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h...
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Snow Gets in Your Eyes
A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl Jun...
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Hit Parade of 1943
When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to disc...
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Atlantic City
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudevi...
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A Day at the Races
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a...
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's grea...
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The Harlem Renaissance
Chronicling the Harlem Renaissance era, this retrospective documentary tracks the origins of the sou...
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Four Shall Die
Helen Fielding, heir to the fortunes of the late millionaire Roger Fielding, Sr., has broken off her...
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The Harlem Globetrotters
All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an all-...
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Since You Went Away
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose pa...
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Ebony Parade
Mantan Moreland hosts a series of filmed song, dance and band numbers by various artists, mostly rel...
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Irene
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mr...
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Lazybones
Hoagy Carmichael at the piano sings the title song (lyrics by Johnny Mercer). Dancing by Dorothy Da...
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Pillow to Post
With a war on and most men being drafted, Howard Oil Supply Company has no salesmen left. So daughte...
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It's Black Entertainment
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Amer...
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Lucky Jordan
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to ...
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Actor Obba Babatundé hosts this biopic showcasing the life of acclaimed African-American singer and ...
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Night in New Orleans
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under int...
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Moo Cow Boogie
Stepin Fetchit introduces a band which plays several numbers, including "Cow Cow Boogie" and a swing...
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A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat
An early "soundie" in which Dorothy Dandridge & Paul White sing "A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat" whil...
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International Revels
Cosmopolitan mixture of variety acts are presented in an international café: Spanish dance, Hawaiian...
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A Jig in the Jungle
Dorothy Dandridge along with CeePee Johnson and his Orchestra perform "A Jig in the Jungle."...
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