Introducing Dorothy Dandridge1999
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 55 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
- Overview
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.
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Released
- August 21, 1999
- Production
- HBO
Credits
Directing
- Martha CoolidgeDirector
- Phil RobinsonSecond Assistant Director
Writing
- Scott AbbottTeleplay
- Shonda RhimesTeleplay
- Earl MillsBook
Art
- Robert GreenfieldSet Decoration
- James H. SpencerProduction Design
- A. Leslie ThomasArt Direction
Camera
- Robbie GreenbergDirector of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
- Shelley KomarovCostume Design
- Jennifer BellHairstylist
Editing
- Alan HeimEditor
Production
- Moctesuma EsparzaExecutive Producer
- Vincent CirrincioneExecutive Producer
- Halle BerryExecutive Producer
- Aleta ChappelleCasting
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- Robert KatzExecutive Producer
- Larry Y. AlbucherProducer
- Joshua MaurerExecutive Producer
Sound
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
