---
name: "Dorothy Dandridge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dorothy-dandridge"
fi1m_id: "dorothy-dandridge"
imdb_id: "nm0199268"
tmdb_id: 20155
wikidata_id: "Q229251"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 November 1922"
died: "8 September 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:51:59.267315+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dorothy Dandridge

## Identity

Dorothy Dandridge

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dorothy-dandridge
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dorothy-dandridge
- **IMDb ID:** nm0199268
- **TMDB ID:** 20155
- **Wikidata ID:** Q229251
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20155

Actor. Born 9 November 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 8 September 1965.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 November 1922, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 8 September 1965
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 63 (1), 1950s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229251, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199268/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20155

## Biography

Dorothy Dandridge was an American actress and singer. Born on 9 November 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, she began performing as a child with her sister in The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, appearing in nightclubs including the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. She made early uncredited film appearances, including in *A Day at the Races* (1937).

Dandridge achieved her breakthrough in the title role of *Carmen Jones* (1954), becoming the first African American nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received a Golden Globe nomination for *Porgy and Bess* (1959). Other credits include *Island in the Sun* (1957) and *Tamango* (1958). She died on 8 September 1965 in West Hollywood, California.

She was the subject of the 1999 biographical film *Introducing Dorothy Dandridge*, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Carmen Jones* (1954), Fi1m 65, as Carmen Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/carmen-jones.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Since You Went Away* (1944), Fi1m 63, as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas* (2005), Actor
- *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Norma Sherman
- *The Murder Men* (1961), as Norma Sherman
- *Moment of Danger* (1960), as Gianna
- *Porgy and Bess* (1959), as Bess
- *The Decks Ran Red* (1958), as Mahia
- *Tamango* (1958), as Aiché, Reiker's mistress
- *Island in the Sun* (1957), as Margot Seaton
- *Carmen Jones* (1954), as Carmen Jones — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/carmen-jones.md)
- *Remains to Be Seen* (1953), as Dorothy Dandridge
- *Bright Road* (1953), as Jane Richards
- *The Harlem Globetrotters* (1951), as Ann Carpenter
- *Tarzan's Peril* (1951), as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
- *Atlantic City* (1944), as Singer
- *Since You Went Away* (1944), as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md)
- *Hit Parade of 1943* (1943), as Count Basie Band Singer
- *Happy Go Lucky* (1943), as Showgirl (uncredited)
- *Moo Cow Boogie* (1943), as Singer
- *Lucky Jordan* (1942), as Hollyhock School Maid
- *Orchestra Wives* (1942), as Singer/Dancer
- *Drums of the Congo* (1942), as Princess Malimi
- *Night in New Orleans* (1942), as Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited)
- *Bahama Passage* (1941), as Thalia
- *Ride 'Em Cowboy* (1941), as Dancer (uncredited)
- *Sundown* (1941), as Kipsang's Wife
- *Sun Valley Serenade* (1941), as Specialty Act
- *Lady from Louisiana* (1941), as Felice
- *Easy Street* (1941), Actor
- *Four Shall Die* (1940), as Helen Fielding
- *Irene* (1940), as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
- *Going Places* (1938), as Member of The Dandridge Sisters
- *Snow Gets in Your Eyes* (1938), as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
- *It Can't Last Forever* (1937), as Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)
- *A Day at the Races* (1937), as Singer (uncredited)
- *Teacher's Beau* (1935), as Student
- *Ebony Parade*, as (archive footage)

## Gallery

- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-81c52bd3cb04.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Stevan Kragujević, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Stevan_Kragujevic%2C_Dorothy_Dandridge%2C_1962_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Stevan_Kragujevic%2C_Dorothy_Dandridge%2C_1962_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stevan Kragujević: Doroti Dendridž u Beogradu 1962, Snimanje filma "Čudesne pustolovine Marka Pola" (po odobrenju ćerke Tanje Kragujević)](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-7ff055aaed34.jpg) Stevan Kragujević: Doroti Dendridž u Beogradu 1962, Snimanje filma "Čudesne pustolovine Marka Pola" (po odobrenju ćerke Tanje Kragujević) — Stevan Kragujević, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Stevan_Kragujevic%2C_Dorothy_Dandridge_in_Belgrade%2C_1962%2C_2.jpg/1280px-Stevan_Kragujevic%2C_Dorothy_Dandridge_in_Belgrade%2C_1962%2C_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stevan Kragujević: Snimanje filma "Čudesne pustolovine Marka Pola", u Beogradu, 1962. Alen Delon i Doroti Dendridž (po odobrenju kćerke Tanje Kragujević)](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-5712cc6d42f1.jpg) Stevan Kragujević: Snimanje filma "Čudesne pustolovine Marka Pola", u Beogradu, 1962. Alen Delon i Doroti Dendridž (po odobrenju kćerke Tanje Kragujević) — Stevan Kragujević, CC BY-SA 3.0 rs, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Stevan_Kragujevic%2C_Dorothy_Dandridge_%26_Alain_Delon_in_Belgrade%2C_1962.jpg/1280px-Stevan_Kragujevic%2C_Dorothy_Dandridge_%26_Alain_Delon_in_Belgrade%2C_1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Dorothy Dandridge in her first dramatic television role as a singer in Cain's Hundred](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-19e6a23db37b.jpg) Photo of Dorothy Dandridge in her first dramatic television role as a singer in Cain's Hundred — MGM Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Dorothy_Dandridge_Cain%27s_Hundred_1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-ff2e329ed2d9.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Image via TMDB
- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-69cc093d3fe5.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Image via TMDB
- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-113ca05e40ab.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Image via TMDB
- ![Alex Cressan, Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965, Curt Jurgens, German-Austrian, 1915 - 1982 (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-dd5ec89b5f3a.jpg) Alex Cressan, Dorothy Dandridge, American, 1922 - 1965, Curt Jurgens, German-Austrian, 1915 - 1982 (1958) — CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Smithsonian_-_NMAAHC_-_Lobby_card_for_Tamango_-_NMAAHC_2013.118.142.7.jpg/1280px-Smithsonian_-_NMAAHC_-_Lobby_card_for_Tamango_-_NMAAHC_2013.118.142.7.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-7e0b766b51cd.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Image via TMDB
- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-c62a45cb129a.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Image via TMDB
- ![Dorothy Dandridge](https://film.one/media/person/1234637/gallery-7c76ba4e9289.jpg) Dorothy Dandridge — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1955: Best Actress (nominated), for *Carmen Jones*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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