IMDB: 7.0 August 21, 1999 120 min Biography, Drama, Music, Romance USA Martha Coolidge Halle Berry, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé, Brent Spiner
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: This biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to win a Best Actress Nomination in 1954 for “Carmen Jones”, to her final demise to prescription drugs, which was debated whether it was suicide or accidental. Brent Spiner plays her faithful manager who stood beside her through all of the roller coaster of her career. The film also examines her love affair with director Otto Preminger, which is shown to have probably initially helped her career, but later probably led her to some wrong decisions.
