Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
1h 55m
Running Time
August 21, 1999Release Date
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
1h 55m
Running Time
August 21, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.
Halle Berry
Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Spiner
Earl Mills
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Otto Preminger
Obba Babatundé
Harold Nicholas
Loretta Devine
Ruby Dandridge
Cynda Williams
Vivian Dandridge
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Auntie
Tamara Taylor
Geri Nicholas
William Atherton
Darryl Zanuck
D.B. Sweeney
Jack Denison
Billy Mayo
Sergeant
Martha Coolidge
Director
Sharon Brown
Etta Jones
Guy Torry
First Actor
Earl Mills
Writer
Sarah Scott Davis
Second Actress
Shonda Rhimes
Writer
Kerri Randles
Marilyn Monroe
Scott Abbott
Writer
Margaret Easley
Ring-a-ding Girl
Larry Y. Albucher
Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
Joanne Baron
Doctor
Robbie Greenberg
Cinematographer
Benjamin Brown
Sidney Poitier
Alan Heim
Editor
Dwain A. Perry
Private
Aleta Chappelle
CastingDirector
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
Phil Moore
James H. Spencer
ProductionDesigner
André Carthen
Harry Belafonte
Tom Virtue
Miami Comic
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 21, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingPG-13
Genres
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Wiki.
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 American biographical drama television film directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes and Scott Abbott, based on the 1991 biography Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film stars Halle Berry as actress and singer Dorothy Dandridge and premiered on HBO on August 21, 1999. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger.