Halle Berry in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

TV Movie1999• R• 2h
BiographyDramaMusicRomance
⭐ 7.0 / 10(4,164)

Dorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.

Rated
R
Runtime
2h
Released
1999
Country
United States

Details

Release year: 1999

Storyline

Dorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.

Top credits

Cast
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Awards

5 wins & 6 nominations

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Did you know

• Dorothy Dandridge was the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (Carmen Jones (1954)). Halle Berry is the first African-American to win a Best Actress Academy Award (Monster's Ball (2001)).

• When production ran over budget, the studio wanted to cut the red carpet scene at the film's ending. Halle Berry desperately wanted to keep the scene, so she paid for it herself. HBO subsequently reimbursed her.

• Halle Berry and Dorothy Dandridge were born in the same Cleveland hospital.

User reviews

⭐ 7/10

Guess I wasn't black enough to lead the tribe.

👍 15 · 4/7/2008
⭐ 8/10

Halle Berry is brilliant...

👍 25 · 1/9/2004
⭐ 8/10

Introducing Halle Berry!

👍 10 · 8/19/2002

Technical specs

Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Color
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