Dorothy Dandridge
Actor/Actriz
47
Películas
4
Series
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.
Como Actor/Actriz
Show de Ed Sullivan
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Cain's Hundred
Norma Sherman
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
A Day at the Races
Singer (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
Porgy and Bess
Bess
Going Places
Member of The Dandridge Sisters
Abbott y Costello: Duro vaquero
Dancer (uncredited)
Isla en el sol
Margot Seaton
Tarzan's Peril
Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
Orchestra Wives
Singer/Dancer
The Murder Men
Norma Sherman
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Sun Valley Serenade
Specialty Act
Cuando Muere el Día
Kipsang's Wife
Bahama Passage
Thalia
Irene
One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
Hollyhock School Maid
Pillow to Post
Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited)
Moment of Danger
Gianna
Remains to Be Seen
Dorothy Dandridge
Bright Road
Jane Richards
Tamango
Aiché, Reiker's mistress
Atlantic City
Singer
Teacher's Beau
Student
Hit Parade of 1943
Count Basie Band Singer
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)