Dorothy Dandridge
Acting
🎂 1922-11-09
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.
Cast credits(56)
Self
1950
Self
1948
Self
1953
Norma Sherman
1961
Aiché, Reiker's mistress
1958
Dorothy Dandridge
1953
Self (archive footage)
2004
Jane Richards
1953
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
1944
Carmen Jones
1954
Count Basie Band Singer
1943
Dancer (uncredited)
1942
Felice
1941
Self (archive footage)
2001
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self (archive footage)
2003
Norma Sherman
1961
One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
1938
Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)
1937
Herself
1946
2005
Singer (uncredited)
1937
Showgirl (uncredited)
1943
Member of The Dandridge Sisters
1938
Singer/Dancer
1942
Singer
1944
Specialty Act
1941
Bess
1959
Hollyhock School Maid
1942
Sal, Shadrach's Girl (Uncredited)
1942
Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
1945
Margot Seaton
1957
Kipsang's Wife
1941
Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
1951
Ann Carpenter
1951
Gianna
1960
Thalia
1941
One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
1940
Self (archive footage)
2007
Student
1935
Helen Fielding
1940
Princess Malimi
1942
Mahia
1958
(archive footage)
Self
1942
Self
1940
1941
1941
Cowgirl
1942
Singer
1943
1942
1942
1941
Self
1941
Vocalist
1941
1941