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