
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
RELEASED • 2001 • DRAMA

Original
movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
115m
Popularity
Trending Down
Overview
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.
Cast

Halle Berry
Dorothy Dandridge

Brent Spiner
Earl Mills

Klaus Maria Brandauer
Otto Preminger

Obba Babatundé
Harold Nicholas

Loretta Devine
Ruby Dandridge

Cynda Williams
Vivian Dandridge

LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Auntie

Tamara Taylor
Geri Nicholas

William Atherton
Darryl Zanuck

D. B. Sweeney
Jack Denison
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