Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

ALL 08/21/1999 (en) Drama 115 Min
  • Release
    08/21/1999
  • Production
    HBO
  • Rotten tomato
    67%
  • Original title
    Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.

Overview

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.

  1. Martha Coolidge

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Alan Heim

    Editor



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  1. Halle Berry

    Dorothy Dandridge

  2. Brent Spiner

    Earl Mills

  3. Klaus Maria Brandauer

    Otto Preminger

  4. Obba Babatundé

    Harold Nicholas

  5. Loretta Devine

    Ruby Dandridge

  6. Cynda Williams

    Vivian Dandridge

  7. LaTanya Richardson Jackson

    Auntie

  8. Tamara Taylor

    Geri Nicholas

  9. William Atherton

    Darryl Zanuck

  10. D.B. Sweeney

    Jack Denison

  11. Billy Mayo

    Sergeant

  12. Sharon Brown

    Etta Jones

  13. Guy Torry

    First Actor

  14. Sarah Scott Davis

    Second Actress

  15. Kerri Randles

    Marilyn Monroe

  16. Margaret Easley

    Ring-a-ding Girl

  17. Joanne Baron

    Doctor

  18. Benjamin Brown

    Sidney Poitier

  19. Dwain A. Perry

    Private

  20. Clinton Derricks-Carroll

    Phil Moore

  21. André Carthen

    Harry Belafonte

  22. Tom Virtue

    Miami Comic

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 22 , Crews : 19

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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) 115 Min

ALL 08/21/1999 (en)
Drama
  • Release 08/21/1999
  • Production
    HBO
  • Original title Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.

Overview

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.

  1. Martha Coolidge

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Alan Heim

    Editor

  4. Larry Y. Albucher

    Producer