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Dorothy Dandridge. 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). [1] Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the ...
This 1999 made for TV movie [aka Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, aka Face of an Angel, aka Rising Star] is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. It follows Dorothy Dandridge [Halle Berry] a young aspiring Black actress from her early stage days with her sister, through her rise to stardom [as Carmen Jones 1954 ...
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. 1999. 2 hr 1 mins. Drama, Music. R. Watchlist. A profile of the talented black singer-actress focuses on her struggle to further her career during the 1950s when ...
Synopsis. Story of singer/actor Dorothy Dandridge (1923-65), who rose to fame in the 1950s with roles in such films as "Carmen Jones" (1954), for which she was the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, and "Porgy and Bess" (1959). She died at the age of 42 after her career and personal life went into a tailspin in ...
Feb 8, 2000 · This 1999 made for TV movie [aka Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, aka Face of an Angel, aka Rising Star] is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. It follows Dorothy Dandridge [Halle Berry] a young aspiring Black actress from her early stage days with her sister, through her rise to stardom [as Carmen Jones 1954 ...
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This 1999 made for TV movie [aka Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, aka Face of an Angel, aka Rising Star] is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. It follows Dorothy Dandridge [Halle Berry] a young aspiring Black actress from her early stage days with her sister, through her rise to stardom [as Carmen Jones 1954 ...
In reviewing African-Americans in film in chronological order for Black History Month, we're now at 1999 with another biographical movie from HBO called Introducing Dorothy Dandridge. Before she herself became the first woman of color to win the Oscar for Best Actress (for Monster's Ball), Halle Berry portrayed the first such woman to be ...
