Dorothy Dandridge
cumpleaños: 1922-11-09 | lugar de nacimiento: Cleveland, Ohio, USADorothy 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.
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as Gianna
as Aiché, Reiker's mistress
as Bess
as Margot Seaton
as Carmen Jones
as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
as Count Basie Band Singer
as Specialty Act
as Thalia
as Helen Fielding
