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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
TitleIntroducing Dorothy Dandridge
Year1999
Time115 mins
GenreDrama; Music; Biography; Foreign
DirectorMartha Coolidge
Edition
FormatDVD
ActorHalle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge; Brent Spiner as Earl Mills; Klaus Maria Brandauer as Otto Preminger; Obba Babatund� as Harold Nicholas; Loretta Devine as Ruby Dandridge; Cynda Williams as Vivian Dandridge; Latanya Richardson as Auntie; Tamara Taylor as Geri Nicholas; William Atherton as Darryl Zanuck; D.B. Sweeney as Jack Denison; Don Gettinger as Hotel Clerk; Nicholas Hormann as Oscar Emcee; Sharon Brown as Etta Jones; Darrian C. Ford as Fayard Nicholas; M.J. Sawyer as B&W Movie Actress
RatingR (Restricted)
CinematographyRobbie Greenberg
LanguageEnglish
PlotAn 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.
ProducerLarry Y. Albucher; Vince Cirrincione
WriterShonda Rhimes; Scott Abbott
SubtitlesEnglish; French; Spanish; English (Closed Captioned)
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge