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Dorothy Dandridge

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 1922-11-09

Died: 1965-09-08

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1935	Teacher's Beau	Student	70
2	1937	A Day at the Races	Singer (uncredited)	71
3	1937	It Can't Last Forever	Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)	53
4	1938	Snow Gets in Your Eyes	One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)	60
5	1938	Going Places	Member of The Dandridge Sisters	63
6	1940	Irene	One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)	60
7	1940	International Revels	Self	0
8	1940	Four Shall Die	Helen Fielding	0
9	1941	Easy Street		0
10	1941	Lazybones		0
11	1941	Lady from Louisiana	Felice	53
12	1941	Swing for Your Supper	Vocalist	0
13	1941	Jungle Jig		0
14	1941	Sun Valley Serenade	Specialty Act	70
15	1941	A Jig in the Jungle	Self	0
16	1941	Sundown	Kipsang's Wife	54
17	1941	Yes, Indeed!		0
18	1941	Bahama Passage	Thalia	60
19	1942	Paper Doll	Self	45
20	1942	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Dancer (uncredited)	58
21	1942	Cow-Cow Boogie	Cowgirl	60
22	1942	Night in New Orleans	Sal, Shadrach's Girl (Uncredited)	40
23	1942	Drums of the Congo	Princess Malimi	0
24	1942	Blackbird Fantasy		0
25	1942	Orchestra Wives	Singer/Dancer	60
26	1942	A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat		77
27	1942	Lucky Jordan	Hollyhock School Maid	60
28	1943	Moo Cow Boogie	Singer	0
29	1943	Happy Go Lucky	Showgirl (uncredited)	40
30	1943	Hit Parade of 1943	Count Basie Band Singer	52
31	1944	Since You Went Away	Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)	65
32	1944	Atlantic City	Singer	50
33	1945	Pillow to Post	Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)	55
34	1946	Swingtime Jamboree	Herself	0
35	1951	Tarzan's Peril	Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba	50
36	1951	The Harlem Globetrotters	Ann Carpenter	50
37	1953	Bright Road	Jane Richards	63
38	1953	Remains to Be Seen	Dorothy Dandridge	57
39	1954	Carmen Jones	Carmen Jones	60
40	1957	Island in the Sun	Margot Seaton	67
41	1958	Tamango	Aiché, Reiker's mistress	67
42	1958	The Decks Ran Red	Mahia	64
43	1959	Porgy and Bess	Bess	61
44	1960	Moment of Danger	Gianna	0
45	1961	The Murder Men	Norma Sherman	0
46	2001	Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies	Self (archive footage)	80
47	2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self (archive footage)	80
48	2003	Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty	Self (archive footage)	75
49	2004	The Harlem Renaissance	Self (archive footage)	60
50	2005	Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas		0
51	2007	Girl 27	Self (archive footage)	64
52		Ebony Parade	(archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
3	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
4	1961	Cain's Hundred	Norma Sherman	47