Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
PKR 350
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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Plot:
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.
Tagline: Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
Genres: Drama
Original Title: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Spoken Language(s): English
Certification / MPAA Film Rating: PG-13
Rating: 6
Vote Count: 11
Status: Released
Release Date: August 21, 1999
Primary Year: 1999
IMDB Link: tt0172348
Runtime: 120min | 2h 00min
Production Companies: HBO
Alternative Titles: Die Ikone, Rising Star, Face of an Angel, Déchéance
- Halle Berry – Dorothy Dandridge
- Brent Spiner – Earl Mills
- Klaus Maria Brandauer – Otto Preminger
- Obba Babatundé – Harold Nicholas
- Loretta Devine – Ruby Dandridge
- Cynda Williams – Vivian Dandridge
- LaTanya Richardson – Auntie
- Tamara Taylor – Geri Nicholas
- William Atherton – Darryl Zanuck
- D. B. Sweeney – Jack Denison
- English – US
- German – DE
- Spanish – ES
- Italian – IT
- French – FR
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