Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty 2003

Documentary Biography

A biography of pioneering black American singer/actress Dorothy Dandridge, featuring clips from her films and interviews with friends and co-workers.

Director
Ruth Adkins Robinson
Artists
Obba Babatundé
as Host
Joe Adams
as Self
Desi Arnaz
as Self
Pearl Bailey
as Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))
Lex Barker
as Tarzan (clip from Tarzan's Peril (1951))
Angela Bassett
as Self
Harry Belafonte
as Mr. Williams (clip from Bright Road (1953))
Halle Berry
as Self
Hoagy Carmichael
as Self (clip from Lazybones (1941))
Diahann Carroll
as Self
Ruby Dandridge
as Self - Dorothy Dandridge's mother
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Sportin' Life (clip from Porgy and Bess (1959))
Carmen De Lavallade
as Self
Laurence Fishburne
as Self
Joan Fontaine
as Mavis Norman
Alan Gansberg
as Self
Judy Garland
as Self
Jackie Gleason
as Self
Jasmine Guy
as Self
George 'Gabby' Hayes
as Gabby Whittaker (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946))
Whitney Houston
as Self
as Self
John Justin
as Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957))
Curd Jürgens
as Capt. John Reinker (clip from Tamango (1958))
Grace Kelly
as Self
Peter Lawford
as Self
Hattie McDaniel
as Aunt Dilsey (clip from Judge Priest (1934))
Butterfly McQueen
as Self
Glenn Miller
as Self
The Mills Brothers
as Themselves
The Nicholas Brothers
as Themselves (clip from Stormy Weather (1943))
Fayard Nicholas
as Self
as Self (clip from Stormy Weather (1943))
Brock Peters
as Self
Jada Pinkett Smith
as Self
Otto Preminger
as Self
Bill Robinson
as Self
Jackie Robinson
as Self
Roy Rogers
as Roy Rogers (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946))
Rolonda Watts
as Self
Vanessa Williams
as Self
Darryl F. Zanuck
as Self
Billy Brown
as Billy Townsend (clip from The Harlem Globetrotters (1951))
as Jerome Priest (clip from Judge Priest (1934))
as Rum Daniels (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))
Olga James
as Cindy Lou (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))
Peter Ray
as Dancer (clip from Lazybones (1941))
as Dink Franklin (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))
Richard Widmark
as Self
Released 24 Jun 2003
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