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Dorothy Jean Dandridge (Cleveland, 9 de novembre de 1922 − West Hollywood, 8 de setembre de 1965) va ser una actriu estatunidenca. Va ser la primera actriu negra a imposar-se a Hollywood. Filla d'un pastor i de l'actriu Ruby Dandridge, aprèn a cantar i ballar amb la seva mare. Paral·lelament, la noia i la seva germana gran, Vivian, actuen, sota el nom de Wonder Kids, en espectacles religiosos a esglésies. El duo solca així els Estats Units, i aviat són localitzades totes dues per busca-talents de la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. El 1932, s'instal·len doncs a Hollywood. El 1934, a les germanes Dandridge s'hi uneix la jove cantant Ella Jones. Així reformat, el grup es fa dir d'aleshores endavant les Dandridge Sisters. El 1937 Dorothy fa sola un petit paper, a Un dia a les carreres al costat dels Germans Marx, i és contractada al cèlebre Cotton Club. Alguns dies abans de la seva tornada en escena en el Basin Street East de New York, Dorothy Dandridge mor d'una embòlia cerebral de resultes d'un abús de medicaments. Era el 8 de setembre de 1965, a West Hollywood, a Califòrnia.

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Dorothy Dandridge

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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, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.

In 1959, Dandridge was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Porgy and Bess. She is the subject of the 1999 biographical film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry portraying her. She has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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