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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:
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge See more »Filming Locations:
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel - 7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Edit
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When production ran over budget, the studio wanted to cut the red carpet scene at the film's ending. Halle Berry desperately wanted to keep the scene, so she paid for it herself. HBO subsequently reimbursed her. See more »Goofs
Dorothy Dandridge collapses onstage at the Mocambo nightclub in 1961 or 1962. The club closed in the late 1950s. See more »Quotes
Mocambo Emcee: Ladies and gentlemen, the delicious... the divine... the delightful... Dorothy Danridge!See more »
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This movie is all about Halle Berry - to look at it from any other point of view would be to overlook the most powerful force in the movie. Berry is brilliant in her portrayal of Dorothy Dandridge - her acting is flawless and we witness the greatness of Dandrige and exprience the pain of her downfall with Halle Berry as our guide. What a tremendous coincedence that Halle Berry would play the first African-American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award when she herself would later become the first African-american woman to actually receive the prestegious award! She is supported by a strong cast which all help to make this a movie to remember. 7/10