Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
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.
- Director
- Martha Coolidge
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Cast
Crew
Directing
- Martha CoolidgeDirector
- Phil RobinsonSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Scott AbbottTeleplay
- Shonda RhimesTeleplay
- Earl MillsBook
Production
- Moctesuma EsparzaExecutive Producer
- Vincent CirrincioneExecutive Producer
- Halle BerryExecutive Producer
- Aleta ChappelleCasting
- Robert KatzExecutive Producer
- Larry Y. AlbucherProducer
- Joshua MaurerExecutive Producer
Camera
- Robbie GreenbergDirector of Photography
Editing
- Alan HeimEditor
Sound
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Robert GreenfieldSet Decoration
- James H. SpencerProduction Design
- A. Leslie ThomasArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Shelley KomarovCostume Design
- Jennifer BellHairstylist