Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a biographical drama TV movie inspired by the biography Dorothy Dandridge written by Earl Mills. Martha Coolidge directed the film, and Scott Abbott and Shonda Rhimes ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dorothy Dandridge was one of the great Hollywood starlets of the 1930s-1950s. As a black American ...

DANDRIDGE, DOROTHY (9 Nov. 1923-8 Sept. 1965), Cleveland-born black nightclub entertainer and movie actress, who earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination in 1954, was influenced by her mother, Ruby, a ...

Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, ...