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