tevens actrice, en danserres
* 9.11.1923, Cleveland, OH - † 1965

The daughter of a minister and a stage and screen actress (Ruby Dandridge), she
began performing professionally at four, teaming up with her sister Vivian in a
song-and-dance act as "The Wonder Children." Later she became a regular on the
radio and TV series "Beulah" and gained fame and popularity as a sultry nightclub
entertainer.

She made her screen debut in a bit part in the Marx Brothers classic A DAY AT THE
RACES (1937) and subsequently played small roles in Hollywood films of the 40s.
In the late 50s she was among the first black performers to achieve star status
in the American cinema, as the leading lady of two sumptuous productions,
CARMEN JONES (1954), and PORGY AND BESS (1959). But early in the 60s she
lost all her money in a get-rich-quick oil-investment scheme and was forced
into bankruptcy. Just before she was scheduled to open at New York's Basin
Street East, she was found dead in her Hollywood apartment from an overdose
of barbiturates.

Academy Awards: Nominated for Actress 1954: CARMEN JONES

Filmografie van Dorothy Dandridge
1935   Teacher's Beau
1936   The Big Broadcast of 1936 (as The Dandridge Sisters)
1936   Easy to Take …... The Dandridge Sisters
1937   A Day at the Races ....in the 'All God's Children Got Rhythm' number
1941   Bahama Passage.... Thalia
1941   Lady from Louisiana .... Felice  
1941   Sun Valley Serenade.... Specialty act  
1941   Sundown .... Kipsang's Bride       
1942   Drums of the Congo .... Princess Malimi
1942   Lucky Jordan .... Hollyhock School Maid 
1943   CHANGE OF HEART/Hit Parade of 1943 .... Count Basie Band Singer
1944   Atlantic City  .... Singer 
1944   Since You Went Away  .... Black Officer's Wife in Train Station
1951   The Harlem Globetrotters  .... Ann Carpenter        
1951   JUNGLE QUEEN/Tarzan's Peril .... Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba   
1953   Bright Road  .... Jane Richards   
1954   Carmen Jones  .... Carmen Jones 
1957   Island in the Sun .... Margot Seaton    
1957   Tamango .... Aiché, Reiker's mistress     
1958   The Decks Ran Red  .... Mahia    
1959   Porgy and Bess  .... Bess 
1960   MALAGA/ Moment of Danger.... Gianna