Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
movie
Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
Released August 21, 1999
Overview
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Cast
Halle Berry
as
Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Spiner
as
Earl Mills
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as
Otto Preminger
Obba Babatundé
as
Harold Nicholas
Loretta Devine
as
Ruby Dandridge
Cynda Williams
as
Vivian Dandridge
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as
Auntie
Tamara Taylor
as
Geri Nicholas
William Atherton
as
Darryl Zanuck
D. B. Sweeney
as
Jack Denison
Billy Mayo
as
Sergeant
Sharon Brown
as
Etta Jones
Crew
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Scott Abbott
as
Teleplay
Shonda Rhimes
as
Teleplay
Martha Coolidge
as
Director
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Moctesuma Esparza
as
Executive Producer
Alan Heim
as
Editor
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Vincent Cirrincione
as
Executive Producer
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Earl Mills
as
Book
Halle Berry
as
Executive Producer
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Aleta Chappelle
as
Casting
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Robert Katz
as
Executive Producer
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Robert Greenfield
as
Set Decoration
Elmer Bernstein
as
Original Music Composer