Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a 1999 drama and tv movie movie directed by Martha Coolidge. It stars Halle Berry, Brent Spiner and Klaus Maria Brandauer. It runs 1h 55m and is rated PG-13. TMDB users rate it 6.4 out of 10. Streaming in the US on Max.

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.