Movie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-08-21
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- HBO
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Martha Coolidge - Director
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