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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999, Aug 21
1h 55m
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Directed by
Martha Coolidge
Halle Berry
Dorothy Dandridge
William Atherton
Darryl Zanuck
Raphael Sbarge
Vegas Hotel Manager
Loretta Devine
Ruby Dandridge
Tamara Taylor
Geri Nicholas
Brent Spiner
Earl Mills
D. B. Sweeney
Jack Denison
Tom Virtue
Miami Comic
Obba Babatundé
Harold Nicholas
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Auntie
Guy Torry
First Actor
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Otto Preminger
Billy Mayo
Sergeant
Joanne Baron
Doctor Carrington
Cynda Williams
Vivian Dandridge
Jon Mack
Ava Gardner
Benjamin Brown
Sidney Poitier
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Phil Moore
Margaret Easley
Ring-a-ding Girl
Sharon Brown
Etta Jones
Sarah Scott Davis
Second Actress
Kerri Randles
Marilyn Monroe
André Carthen
Harry Belafonte
Dwain A. Perry
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