Essay Archive - Movie Review: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Movie Review: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American
woman to garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress (for CARMEN
JONES) is dramatized in this fine made-for-HBO film from director Coolidge
(RAMBLING ROSE). Gorgeous Berry shines as Dandridge in a role she seems
born to play. Dandridge's close relationship with her manager (Spiner) is
examined, as is her affair with director Otto Preminger, along with her
first marriage to dancer Harold Nicholas, with whom she gave birth to a
mentally disabled daughter. Aside from her personal struggles, ....
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