Dorothy Dandridge

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-11-09 (43 years old)

Deathday

1965-09-08

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Dorothy Dandridge

Biography

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 In...

Acting

1959

1957

Island in the Sun

as Margot Seaton

1941

Sun Valley Serenade

as Specialty Act

1954

Carmen Jones

as Carmen Jones

1942

Paper Doll

as Self

1941

1953

Bright Road

as Jane Richards

1958

Tamango

as Aiché, Reiker's mistress

1942

Orchestra Wives

as Singer/Dancer

1943

Happy Go Lucky

as Showgirl (uncredited)

1937

It Can't Last Forever

as Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)

1958

1941

1942

Drums of the Congo

as Princess Malimi

1960

2007

Girl 27

as Self (archive footage)

1953

Remains to Be Seen

as Dorothy Dandridge

1941

1961

The Murder Men

as Norma Sherman

1941

Sundown

as Kipsang's Wife

1938

Going Places

as Member of The Dandridge Sisters

1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Dancer (uncredited)

1938

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)

1943

Hit Parade of 1943

as Count Basie Band Singer

1944

Atlantic City

as Singer

1937

A Day at the Races

as Singer (uncredited)

2001

Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

as Self (archive footage)

2004

The Harlem Renaissance

as Self (archive footage)

1940

Four Shall Die

as Helen Fielding

1951

Tarzan's Peril

as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba

1951

The Harlem Globetrotters

as Ann Carpenter

1944

Since You Went Away

as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

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Ebony Parade

as (archive footage)

1940

Irene

as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)

1945

Pillow to Post

as Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)

1942

Cow-Cow Boogie

as Cowgirl

2002

It's Black Entertainment

as Self (archive footage)

1942

Lucky Jordan

as Hollyhock School Maid

2003

Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

1942

Night in New Orleans

as Sal, Shadrach's Girl (Uncredited)

1943

1946

1935

Teacher's Beau

as Student

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