Film · 1999
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1h 55mPG-13Directed by Martha Coolidge
- Drama
- TV Movie
Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
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.
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Cast
Halle BerryDorothy Dandridge
Brent SpinerEarl Mills
Klaus Maria BrandauerOtto Preminger
Obba BabatundéHarold Nicholas
Loretta DevineRuby Dandridge
Cynda WilliamsVivian Dandridge
LaTanya Richardson JacksonAuntie
Tamara TaylorGeri Nicholas
William AthertonDarryl Zanuck
D. B. SweeneyJack Denison
Billy MayoSergeant
Sharon BrownEtta Jones
Details
- Director
- Martha Coolidge
- Music
- Elmer Bernstein
- Cinematography
- Robbie Greenberg
- Editor
- Alan Heim
- Producer
- Larry Y. Albucher
- Release
- August 21, 1999
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Studio
- HBO
- TMDB score
- 6.4 / 10 from 53 votes
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