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Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an American film and theatre actress, singer, and dancer. She is one of the first black actresses to have a successful Hollywood career and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones. Dandridge 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.
Birth Name
Dorothy Jean Dandridge
Born
Thursday, 09 November 1922
Died
Wednesday, 08 September 1965
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
Worn Stories | Self - Singer | 2021 |
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes | Self | 2019 |
Sing Your Song | Self | 2012 |
Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Singer | 2009 |
Girl 27 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
Harlem Renaissance | Self | 2004 |
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | (archive footage) | 2003 |
A Century of Black Cinema | Self | 2003 |
It's Black Entertainment | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
Worn Stories | Self - Singer | 2021 |
Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes | Self | 2019 |
Sing Your Song | Self | 2012 |
Vegas: The City the Mob Made | Self - Singer | 2009 |
Girl 27 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2007 |
Harlem Renaissance | Self | 2004 |
Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | (archive footage) | 2003 |
A Century of Black Cinema | Self | 2003 |
It's Black Entertainment | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
Redeemer | (archive footage) | 2002 |
Classified X | Self | 1998 |
The Republic Pictures Story | Singer (clip from Atlantic City (1944)) | 1991 |
That's Black Entertainment | Self | 1989 |
Biography | Self / Self - Subject | 1987 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
That Regis Philbin Show | Self | 1964 |
You Don't Say | Self | 1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Co-Hostess | 1961 |
Cain's Hundred | Norma Sherman | 1961 |
Malaga | Gianna | 1960 |
Porgy and Bess | Bess | 1959 |
The Decks Ran Red | Mahia | 1958 |
Tamango | Aiché, Reiker's Mistress | 1958 |
Island in the Sun | Margot Seaton | 1957 |
Ford Star Jubilee | Self | 1955 |
Carmen Jones | Carmen Jones | 1954 |
The George Jessel Show | Self | 1953 |
Remains to Be Seen | Dorothy Dandridge | 1953 |
Bright Road | Jane Richards | 1953 |
The Harlem Globetrotters | Ann Carpenter | 1951 |
Tarzan's Peril | Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba | 1951 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Singer | 1950 |
Songs for Sale | Self | 1950 |
Cavalcade of Stars | Self - Guest Vocalist | 1949 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Singer | 1948 |
Ebony Parade | Self | 1947 |
Pillow to Post | Dorothy Dandridge - Vocalist | 1945 |
Atlantic City | Singer | 1944 |
Since You Went Away | Black Officer's Wife in Train Station | 1944 |
Hit Parade of 1943 | Count Basie Band Singer | 1943 |
Happy Go Lucky | Showgirl | 1943 |
Lucky Jordan | Hollyhock School Maid | 1942 |
Night in New Orleans | Sal, Shadrach's Girl / Sal, Shadrach's Girl (Uncredited) | 1942 |
Drums of the Congo | Princess Malimi | 1942 |
Cow-Cow Boogie | Self | 1942 |
The Night Before the Divorce | Party Maid | 1942 |
Ride 'Em Cowboy | Dancer | 1942 |
Bahama Passage | Thalia | 1941 |
Sundown | Kipsang's Wife | 1941 |
Sun Valley Serenade | Specialty / Specialty Act | 1941 |
Lady from Louisiana | Felice | 1941 |
Easy Street | Self | 1941 |
Lazybones | Self - Dancer | 1941 |
Irene | One of the Dandridge Sisters | 1940 |
Going Places | Member of The Dandridge Sisters | 1938 |
It Can't Last Forever | Dandridge Sisters Act | 1937 |
A Day at the Races | Black Singer | 1937 |
Easy to Take | Member of the Dandridge Sisters | 1936 |
The Big Broadcast of 1936 | Member of the Dandridge Sisters | 1935 |
Teacher's Beau | Cabin Kid | 1935 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1960 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
1955 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |