dorothy dandridge

     

The first African-American Best Actress nominee, her life was the subject of a 1999 HBO film

Trivia about dorothy dandridge

  • Fact:As Halle Berry could tell you, this woman was the first African-American Best Actress Oscar nominee
  • American mezzo-soprano Marylin Horne did the singing for this actress in the 1954 film "Carmen Jones"
  • This groundbreaking actress was played by Halle Berry in an acclaimed TV biopic
  • "Introducing" this African-American actress who appeared briefly with her sister in the Marx Bros.' "A Day at the Races"

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