Dorothy Dandridge
Acting
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1955 Best Actress Nominated Carmen Jones
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
48 credits
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Cain's Hundred
Carmen Jones
A Day at the Races
Going Places
Island in the Sun
Sundown
Since You Went Away
Swingtime Jamboree
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Irene
Porgy and Bess
It's Black Entertainment
Tamango
Orchestra Wives
Ebony Parade
Night in New Orleans
Tarzan's Peril
Sun Valley Serenade
The Decks Ran Red
Lucky Jordan
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty
Snow Gets in Your Eyes
Moment of Danger
Lady from Louisiana
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
Remains to Be Seen
Happy Go Lucky
Hit Parade of 1943
The Harlem Globetrotters
Pillow to Post
Four Shall Die
The Harlem Renaissance
Paper Doll
Bahama Passage
Bright Road
It Can't Last Forever
Atlantic City
Teacher's Beau
A Jig in the Jungle
Drums of the Congo
Swing for Your Supper
Cow-Cow Boogie
The Murder Men
International Revels
Moo Cow Boogie
Other credits
7 credits
Blackbird Fantasy
Jungle Jig
A Zoot Suit with a Reet Pleat
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Lazybones
Easy Street
Yes, Indeed!
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