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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Halle Berry | ... | Dorothy Dandridge | |
| Brent Spiner | ... | Earl Mills | |
| Klaus Maria Brandauer | ... | Otto Preminger | |
| Obba Babatundé | ... | Harold Nicholas (as Obba Babatunde) | |
| Loretta Devine | ... | Ruby Dandridge | |
| Cynda Williams | ... | Vivian Dandridge | |
| LaTanya Richardson Jackson | ... | Auntie (as LaTanya Richardson) | |
| Tamara Taylor | ... | Geri Nicholas | |
| William Atherton | ... | Darryl Zanuck | |
| D.B. Sweeney | ... | Jack Denison | |
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Don Gettinger | ... | Hotel Clerk |
| Nicholas Hormann | ... | Oscar Emcee | |
| Sharon Brown | ... | Etta Jones | |
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Darrian C. Ford | ... | Fayard Nicholas |
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M.J. Sawyer | ... | B&W Movie Actress |
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This biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to win a Best Actress Nomination in 1954 for "Carmen Jones", to her final demise to prescription drugs, which was debated whether it was suicide or accidental. Brent Spiner plays her faithful manager who stood beside her through all of the roller coaster of her career. The film also examines her love affair with director Otto Preminger, which is shown to have probably initially helped her career, but later probably led her to some wrong decisions. The film also examines 50's racism as the black star is not permitted to use white bathrooms or the Vegas pool. In the first situation, she was given a bathroom cup to pee in. In the second situation, the hotel drained the pool and scrubbed it after she dared put her foot in the water. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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21 August 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Dorothy Dandridge See more »Filming Locations:
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel - 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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Otto Preminger: The hell you are.
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Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (Carmen Jones (1954)). Halle Berry is the first African-American to win a Best Actress Academy Award (Monster's Ball (2001)). See more »Goofs
Minutes before she is to take the stage in Miami, Dorothy Dandridge discovers that the club is still under construction. Her act involved a good deal of choreography and perhaps even rehearsal, so she should have been aware. At the very least, she would have checked out the stage to get the physical layout of the performance space before she made her entrance. See more »Quotes
Dorothy Dandridge: Have you seen my man? That Carmen Jones snatched him from me and I'm all lost over what to do about it. Can't decide. If it's better I follow him up to the Windy City, or should I wait? Wait for him to come back to his happy-hearted home? Tell me what to do... I'm Cindy Lou.Otto Preminger: The hell you are.
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By far, a tour de force for Berry. She gives a more than convincing portrayal of the first black woman ever to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Not only is Berry's performance breathtaking, but the fact that the story is based on actual events, made my lungs collapse as well.
Too bad Dandridge didn't make the Emmy nomination deadline.....Berry would have taken home the award that both her and Dandridge deserve(d).