Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Release: 1999-08-21
·Runtime: 115m
·★ 6.4
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
HBO
Cast
Halle Berry
as Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Spiner
as Earl Mills
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Otto Preminger
D. B. Sweeney
as Jack Denison
Sharon Brown
as Etta Jones
Raphael Sbarge
as Vegas Hotel Manager
André Carthen
as Harry Belafonte
Tom Virtue
as Miami Comic
Tamara Taylor
as Geri Nicholas
William Atherton
as Darryl Zanuck
Jon Mack
as Ava Gardner
Joanne Baron
as Doctor Carrington
Clinton Derricks-Carroll
as Phil Moore
Obba Babatundé
as Harold Nicholas
Billy Mayo
as Sergeant
Benjamin Brown
as Sidney Poitier
Loretta Devine
as Ruby Dandridge
Cynda Williams
as Vivian Dandridge
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as Auntie
Guy Torry
as First Actor
Sarah Scott Davis
as Second Actress
Kerri Randles
as Marilyn Monroe
Margaret Easley
as Ring-a-ding Girl
