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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.
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 8, 2000
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HBO
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Full credits →H
Halle Berry
Dorothy Dandridge
B
Brent Spiner
Earl Mills
K
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Otto Preminger
O
Obba Babatundé
Harold Nicholas
L
Loretta Devine
Ruby Dandridge
C
Cynda Williams
Vivian Dandridge
L
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Auntie
T
Tamara Taylor
Geri Nicholas
W
William Atherton
Darryl Zanuck
D
D. B. Sweeney
Jack Denison
B
Billy Mayo
Sergeant
S
Sharon Brown
Etta Jones
G
Guy Torry
First Actor
S
Sarah Scott Davis
Second Actress
K
Kerri Randles
Marilyn Monroe
J
Jon Mack
Ava Gardner
R
Raphael Sbarge
Vegas Hotel Manager
M
Margaret Easley
Ring-a-ding Girl
J
Joanne Baron
Doctor Carrington
B
Benjamin Brown
Sidney Poitier
