Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-11-09 (43 years old)
Deathday
1965-09-08
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also known As
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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 In...
1959
as Bess
1957
as Margot Seaton
1941
as Specialty Act
1954
as Carmen Jones
1942
as Self
1941
as Thalia
1953
as Jane Richards
1958
as Aiché, Reiker's mistress
1942
as Singer/Dancer
1943
as Showgirl (uncredited)
1937
as Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)
1958
as Mahia
1941
as Vocalist
1942
as Princess Malimi
1941
1941
1960
as Gianna
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1953
as Dorothy Dandridge
1941
as Felice
1961
as Norma Sherman
1941
as Kipsang's Wife
1938
as Member of The Dandridge Sisters
1942
as Dancer (uncredited)
1938
as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
1943
as Count Basie Band Singer
1944
as Singer
1937
as Singer (uncredited)
2001
as Self (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1940
as Helen Fielding
1951
as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
1951
as Ann Carpenter
1944
as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
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as (archive footage)
1940
as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
1941
1941
1945
as Herself - Vocalist (uncredited)
1942
as Cowgirl
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1942
as Hollyhock School Maid
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1942
as Sal, Shadrach's Girl (Uncredited)
1943
as Singer
1946
as Herself
1940
as Self
1935
as Student
1941
as Self
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