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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.

1999 · PG-13 · 1h 55m

Directed by Martha Coolidge

6.4

TMDB audience score
53 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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

  • Billy Mayo
    Sergeant

  • Sharon Brown
    Etta Jones

  • Guy Torry
    First Actor

  • Sarah Scott Davis
    Second Actress

  • Kerri Randles
    Marilyn Monroe

  • Jon Mack
    Ava Gardner

  • Raphael Sbarge
    Vegas Hotel Manager

  • Margaret Easley
    Ring-a-ding Girl