Dorothy Dandridge
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Film • 2005
The Harlem Renaissance
Film • 2004
jako Self (archive footage)
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Film • 2003
jako Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
Film • 2002
jako Self (archive footage)
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Film • 2001
jako Self (archive footage)
Cain's Hundred
Serial • 1961
jako Norma Sherman
The Murder Men
Film • 1961
jako Norma Sherman
Moment of Danger
Film • 1960
jako Gianna
Porgy and Bess
Film • 1959
jako Bess
The Decks Ran Red
Film • 1958
jako Mahia
Tamango
Film • 1958
jako Aiché, Reiker's mistress
Island in the Sun
Film • 1957
jako Margot Seaton
Czarna Carmen
Film • 1954
jako Carmen Jones
Remains to Be Seen
Film • 1953
jako Dorothy Dandridge
Bright Road
Film • 1953
jako Jane Richards
Oscary
Serial • 1953
jako Self
The Harlem Globetrotters
Film • 1951
jako Ann Carpenter
Tarzan's Peril
Film • 1951
jako Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Serial • 1950
jako Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Serial • 1948
jako Self
Swingtime Jamboree
Film • 1946
jako Herself
Pillow to Post
Film • 1945
jako Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
Atlantic City
Film • 1944
jako Singer
Since You Went Away
Film • 1944
jako Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1943
Film • 1943
jako Count Basie Band Singer
Happy Go Lucky
Film • 1943
jako Showgirl (uncredited)
Moo Cow Boogie
Film • 1943
jako Singer
Lucky Jordan
Film • 1942
jako Hollyhock School Maid
Orchestra Wives
Film • 1942
jako Singer/Dancer
Drums of the Congo
Film • 1942
jako Princess Malimi
Night in New Orleans
Film • 1942
jako Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited)
Bahama Passage
Film • 1941
jako Thalia
Abbott i Costello Wesołe Ranczo
Film • 1941
jako Dancer (uncredited)
Sundown
Film • 1941
jako Kipsang's Wife
A Jig in the Jungle
Film • 1941
jako Self
Sun Valley Serenade
Film • 1941
jako Specialty Act
Lady from Louisiana
Film • 1941
jako Felice
Easy Street
Film • 1941
Four Shall Die
Film • 1940
jako Helen Fielding
International Revels
Film • 1940
jako Self
Irene
Film • 1940
jako One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
Going Places
Film • 1938
jako Member of The Dandridge Sisters
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Film • 1938
jako One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
It Can't Last Forever
Film • 1937
jako Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)
Dzień na wyścigach
Film • 1937
jako Singer (uncredited)
Teacher's Beau
Film • 1935
jako Student
Ebony Parade
Film
jako (archive footage)