Since You Went Away
1944
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However, while filming Carmen Jones (1954), Preminger began an affair with the film's star, Dorothy Dandridge, which lasted four years. During that period he advised her on career matters, including an offer made to Dandridge for the featured role of Tuptim in The King and I (1956).
- 1924–1986
- University of Vienna
- 3, including Erik
- Controversy Remains Over the Cause of Her Death. There still is debate among forensic scientists as to the exact cause of Dandridge’s death. One pathology institute insists that she died of a likely accidental overdose of the antidepressant imipramine.
- She Was Found Dead At Only 42. Only hours after phone calls to friends in which she stated, ominously, “Whatever happens, I know you will understand,” Dorothy Dandridge was found dead in her apartment at age 42.
- Dorothy Was Constantly In and Out of Apartments. With her continuing financial woes, worsened by her acrimonious divorce from second husband Jack Denison, Dandridge rarely stayed in any one place for long.
- Her Second Husband Was, At the Least, Verbally Abusive. Dandridge’s second marriage lasted less than three years. Married in 1952, they were engaged in a bitter divorce with allegations of domestic violence by 1962.
While filming Carmen Jones (1954), she began an affair with director Otto Preminger that lasted four years, during which Preminger advised her on career matters. He demanded that she accept only starring roles after her success in his film.
Sep 1, 1997 · Directed by Otto Preminger, with whom Dandridge would have a disastrous affair, the film made Dandridge into a star, and was a critical and commercial success. She appeared on the cover...
Jun 19, 1997 · Her long, surreptitious affair with Preminger was one of Dandridge's many liaisons with white lovers, romances that served to separate her from black Hollywood.
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Oct 14, 2020 · Preminger was equally nonplussed by Dandridge, telling her she was all wrong for the role of Carmen, a hard-living sex worker. She was too lovely and sophisticated, “a model, a beautiful ...
Apr 18, 1997 · Both came to a head in 1953, when she landed the title role of “Carmen Jones” and began a torrid affair with her producer, Otto Preminger; he became her Svengali and she became pregnant....
