Dorothy Dandridge

E201201
African American actress film actress human singer stage actress

Dorothy Dandridge was a pioneering African American actress and singer, best known as the first Black woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the 1954 film "Carmen Jones."

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Label Occurrences
Dorothy Dandridge canonical 5
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 2
Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American ⓘ
actress ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
singer ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1965 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930 ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath drug overdose ⓘ
child Harolyn Suzanne Nicholas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1922-11-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1965-09-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Dandridge ⓘ
fullName Dorothy Dandridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dorothy Jean Dandridge
genre jazz ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
givenName Dorothy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
mother Ruby Dandridge ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress for "Carmen Jones" ⓘ
notableAchievement first Black woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
notableFor breaking racial barriers in Hollywood ⓘ
notableWork Bright Road ⓘ
Carmen Jones ⓘ
Island in the Sun ⓘ
Porgy and Bess ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
singer ⓘ
performedIn Bright Road (1953 film) ⓘ
Carmen Jones ⓘ
surface form: Carmen Jones (1954 film)

Island in the Sun ⓘ
surface form: Island in the Sun (1957 film)

Porgy and Bess (1959 film) ⓘ
Remains to Be Seen (1953 film) ⓘ
Tarzan's Peril (1951 film) ⓘ
The Decks Ran Red (1958 film) ⓘ
The Harlem Globetrotters (1951 film) ⓘ
The Murder Men (1961 film) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath West Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Vivian Dandridge ⓘ
spouse Harold Nicholas ⓘ
Jack Denison ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Porgy and Bess → filmAdaptationStars → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Dorothy → hasNotableBearer → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Dorothy Dandridge → fullName → Dorothy Dandridge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorothy Jean Dandridge
Carmen Jones → stars → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Carmen Jones → notableFor → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: starring Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones → leadActress → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
Klaus Maria Brandauer → notableWork → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry → notableWork → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Halle Berry → portrayed → Dorothy Dandridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorothy Dandridge in Introducing Dorothy Dandridge