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