Drama / TV Movie
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
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.
Cast
Halle BerryDorothy Dandridge 
Brent SpinerEarl Mills 
Klaus Maria BrandauerOtto Preminger 
Obba BabatundéHarold Nicholas 
Loretta DevineRuby Dandridge 
Cynda WilliamsVivian Dandridge 
LaTanya Richardson JacksonAuntie 
Tamara TaylorGeri Nicholas 
William AthertonDarryl Zanuck 
D. B. SweeneyJack Denison 
Billy MayoSergeant 
Sharon BrownEtta Jones 
Guy TorryFirst Actor 
Sarah Scott DavisSecond Actress 
Kerri RandlesMarilyn Monroe 
Jon MackAva Gardner
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