dorothy dandrige
dorothy dandrige
Genres: jazz, american, contemporary jazz, Female Voices
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About dorothy dandrige
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress. She was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Actress category and the third black American to receive a nomination in any Oscar category overall (after Hattie McDaniel and Ethel Waters). In the 1950s, Dandridge was the first African-American woman to appear at the Las Vegas Frontier and the Waldolf-Astoria, as well as the first to be featured on the cover of Life. Despite racial intolerance and having to "enter through the back-door", Dandridge went on to appear on the Ed Sullivan and Johnny Carson shows and received dazzling reviews for her nightclub appearances at the Cafe de Paris and the La vie en Rose.
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