Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

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Martha Coolidge Director previously directed Out to Sea

Biopic of the multi-talented African-American singer/dancer/actress Dorothy Dandridge. It 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.
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Halle Berry Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Spiner Earl Mills
Klaus Maria Brandauer Otto Preminger
Obba Babatundé Harold Nicholas
Loretta Devine Ruby Dandridge
LaTanya Richardson Vivian Dandridge
Cynda Williams Auntie
Tamara Taylor Geri Nicholas
William Atherton Darryl Zanuck
D.B. Sweeney Jack Denison
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Name Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
US Release Aug. 21, 1999
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Runtime 115
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Rating R
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