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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

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Director
  
Martha Coolidge

First episode date
  
August 14, 1999

Country
  
United States

7/10
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Genre
  
Biography, Drama, Music

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge movie poster

Release date
  
August 21, 1999 (1999-08-21)

Writer
  
Earl Mills (book), Shonda Rhimes (teleplay), Scott Abbott (teleplay)

Screenplay
  
Shonda Rhimes, Scott Abbott, Earl Mills

Cast
  
Halle Berry
(Dorothy Dandridge),
Brent Spiner
(Earl Mills),
Klaus Maria Brandauer
(Otto Preminger),
Obba Babatunde
(Harold Nicholas),
Loretta Devine
(Ruby Dandridge),
Cynda Williams
(Vivian Dandridge)

Similar movies
  
The Josephine Baker Story (1991), Star 80 (1983), Lady Sings the Blues (1972), Lenny (1974), The Rosa Parks Story (2002)

Tagline
  
Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a television film directed by Martha Coolidge. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film was aired in the United States on August 21, 1999. The teleplay is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger. The film is marketed with the tagline: "Right woman. Right place. Wrong time."

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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge movie scenes

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Cast

  • Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge
  • Brent Spiner as Earl Mills
  • Klaus Maria Brandauer as Otto Preminger
  • Obba Babatundé as Harold Nicholas
  • Loretta Devine as Ruby Dandridge
  • Cynda Williams as Vivian Dandridge
  • LaTanya Richardson as Auntie
  • Tamara Taylor as Geri Branton-Nicholas
  • William Atherton as Darryl Zanuck
  • D. B. Sweeney as Jack Denison
  • Don Gettinger as Hotel Clerk
  • Nicholas Hormann as Oscar Emcee
  • Sharon Brown as Etta Jones
  • Darrian C Ford as Fayard Nicholas
  • Jon Mack as Ava Gardner
  • Kerri Randles as Marilyn Monroe
  • Benjamin Brown as Sidney Poitier
  • Vocalist Wendi Williams provides the singing voice for Dorothy Dandridge

    • Soundtrack

    RCA Victor released a soundtrack album on August 10, 1999.

    1. Your Red Wagon - Wendi Williams (2:29)
    2. I Got Rhythm - Wendi Williams (2:44)
    3. Hep Hop - Bill Elliott (3:17)
    4. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Wendi Williams (2:27)
    5. Sportsman's Mambo - Bill Elliott (3:08)
    6. Somebody - Wendi Williams (2:33)
    7. Twelve Cylinders - Bill Elliott (3:39)
    8. You Do Something to Me - Wendi Williams (2:19)
    9. Zoot Suit For My Sunday Gal - Wendi Williams (3:28)
    10. That's All - Wendi Williams (2:34)
    11. Streamliner - Bill Elliott (3:49)
    12. First Telephone - Elmer Bernstein (2:05)
    13. Try Again - Elmer Bernstein (1:17)
    14. No Song - Elmer Bernstein (1:18)
    15. Dorothy - Elmer Bernstein (2:04)

    Awards and nominations

    2000 Black Reel Awards

  • Best Actress—Halle Berry (won)
  • Best Film (won)
  • Best Supporting Actor—Obba Babatundé (nominated)
  • Best Supporting Actor—Brent Spiner (nominated)

    • 2000 Directors Guild of America

  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television—Martha Coolidge (nominated)

    • 2000 Emmy Awards

  • Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
  • Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
  • Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
  • Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie—Halle Berry (won)
  • Outstanding Choreography (nominated)
  • Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special—Martha Coolidge (nominated)
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie—Klaus Maria Brandauer (nominated)
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie (nominated)

    • 2000 Golden Globes

  • Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV—Halle Berry (won)
  • Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (nominated)
  • Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV—Klaus Maria Brandauer (nominated)

    • 2000 Image Awards

  • Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special—Halle Berry (won)
  • Outstanding Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special (won)
  • Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special—Obba Babatundé (nominated)

    • 2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries—Halle Berry (won)

    • References

    Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Wikipedia
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