Dorothy Dandridge
Actor/Actriz
47
Movies
4
TV Shows
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). Dandridge also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.
In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She is the subject of the 1999 biographical film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry portraying her. She has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
As Actor/Actress
Show de Ed Sullivan
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Oscars
Self
Cain's Hundred
Norma Sherman
Lucky Jordan
Hollyhock School Maid
Since You Went Away
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Irene
One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
Going Places
Member of The Dandridge Sisters
A Day at the Races
Singer (uncredited)
Tamango
Aiché, Reiker's mistress
Tarzan's Peril
Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
Bahama Passage
Thalia
Porgy and Bess
Bess
Sun Valley Serenade
Specialty Act
Orchestra Wives
Singer/Dancer
Cuando Muere el Día
Kipsang's Wife
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
Abbott y Costello: Duro vaquero
Dancer (uncredited)
Bright Road
Jane Richards
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Decks Ran Red
Mahia
Isla en el sol
Margot Seaton
Lady from Louisiana
Felice
Moment of Danger
Gianna
Remains to Be Seen
Dorothy Dandridge
Atlantic City
Singer
Pillow to Post
Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
Swingtime Jamboree
Herself