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Academy Awards, USA. Dorothy Dandridge became the first African-American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
- November 9, 1922
- September 8, 1965
Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first African American nominated for a leading role. At the 27th Academy Awards held on March 30, 1955, Dandridge was a nominee along with Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, and Jane Wyman.
Feb 2, 2024 · In 1955, Dandridge was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her breakthrough role, becoming the first Black performer to be nominated in a lead acting category.
- Lester Fabian Brathwaite
Apr 2, 2014 · Dorothy Dandridge was the first African American to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Death Year: 1965
Jul 25, 2024 · Dandridge then won the title role in Otto Preminger’s all-black Carmen Jones (1954), earning an Oscar nomination. (She did not sing in Carmen Jones, however; the singing was dubbed by mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne.)
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 14, 2020 · Dandridge was a sensation in Carmen Jones and garnered an Oscar nomination for the role. But Dandridge came to view the four years she spent with the controlling (married) Preminger as time...
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Feb 12, 2007 · Dorothy Dandridge, born on November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, was a superb actress, singer and dancer who became a national and international star, and the first African American female actor nominated for both an Academy Award for Best Actress (Carmen Jones) and later a Golden Globe for her performance in Porgy and Bess. She also showcased ...