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
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Oscars
Self
Show de Ed Sullivan
Self
Cain's Hundred
Norma Sherman
Since You Went Away
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
A Day at the Races
Singer (uncredited)
Sun Valley Serenade
Specialty Act
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Porgy and Bess
Bess
Irene
One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
Going Places
Member of The Dandridge Sisters
Cuando Muere el Día
Kipsang's Wife
Abbott y Costello: Duro vaquero
Dancer (uncredited)
Isla en el sol
Margot Seaton
Pillow to Post
Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana
Felice
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Atlantic City
Singer
Orchestra Wives
Singer/Dancer
Bahama Passage
Thalia
Tamango
Aiché, Reiker's mistress
The Decks Ran Red
Mahia
Lucky Jordan
Hollyhock School Maid
Tarzan's Peril
Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
Remains to Be Seen
Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Globetrotters
Ann Carpenter
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited)