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Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy
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British Academy of Film & Television Arts
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- Awards: Academy Award (Oscar) nomination for best actress for role in Carmen Jones, 1954; Golden Globe Award for best actress, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, for role in Porgy and Bess, 1959.
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Dorothy Dandridge. Jump to. 2 wins & 4 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1955 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge became the first African-American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. BAFTA Awards. 1956 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Foreign Actress. Carmen Jones. USA.
- 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.
Apr 2, 2014 · Dorothy Dandridge was the first African American to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Death Year: 1965 Death date: September 8, 1965
Feb 2, 2024 · The Best Blacktresses: 1950s — Dandridge was the first Black woman nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars, for her groundbreaking role in "Carmen Jones." Just 10 years later, she died penniless...
- Lester Fabian Brathwaite
Dorothy Dandridge was an American singer and film actress who was the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress. Dandridge’s mother was an entertainer and comedic actress who, after settling in Los Angeles, had some success in radio and, later, television.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 14, 2020 · Old Hollywood Book Club. Tragedy and Triumph: The Dorothy Dandridge Story. In Everything and Nothing: The Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy, the star and cowriter Earl Conrad recall a singular...
Feb 12, 2007 · Some familiar titles among Dandridge’s almost 40 films, in addition to those mentioned earlier that were nominated for awards, include Teacher’s Beau (1935), Irene (1940), Hit Parade (1943), The Harlem Globetrotters (1951), and Island in the Sun (1957).
