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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a television film directed by Martha Coolidge. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film was aired in the United States on August 21, 1999. The teleplay is drawn exclusively from the biography of Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Mills. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein, who had known Dandridge and Otto Preminger. The film is marketed with the tagline: "Right woman. Right place. Wrong time."
Original Release
08/21/1999
US Release
08/21/1999
Cast
Name | Character |
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Halle Berry | Dorothy Dandridge |
Brent Spiner | Earl Mills |
Klaus Maria Brandauer | Otto Preminger |
Obba Babatunde | Harold Nicholas |
Loretta Devine | Ruby Dandridge |
Cynda Williams | Vivian Dandridge |
LaTanya Richardson Jackson | Auntie |
Tamara Taylor | Geri Nicholas |
William Atherton | Darryl Zanuck |
D.B. Sweeney | Jack Denison |
Directors
Writers
Earl Mills, Shonda Rhimes, Scott Abbott
Cast
Name | Character |
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Halle Berry | Dorothy Dandridge |
Brent Spiner | Earl Mills |
Klaus Maria Brandauer | Otto Preminger |
Obba Babatunde | Harold Nicholas |
Loretta Devine | Ruby Dandridge |
Cynda Williams | Vivian Dandridge |
LaTanya Richardson Jackson | Auntie |
Tamara Taylor | Geri Nicholas |
William Atherton | Darryl Zanuck |
D.B. Sweeney | Jack Denison |
Don Gettinger | Hotel Clerk |
Nicholas Hormann | Oscar Emcee |
Sharon Brown | Etta Jones |
Darrian C. Ford | Fayard Nicholas |
M.J. Sawyer | B&W Movie Actress |
Joanne Baron | Doctor / Doctor Carrington |
Alexis Carrington | Lynn at Age 4 |
Margaret Easley | Ring-a-ding Girl |
Clinton Derricks-Carroll | Phil Moore |
Kerri Randles | Marilyn Monroe |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Halle Berry | Executive Producer |
Vincent Cirrincione | Executive Producer |
Moctesuma Esparza | Executive Producer |
Robert Katz | Executive Producer |
Joshua D. Maurer | Executive Producer |
Joshua Maurer | Executive Producer |
Larry Y. Albucher | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2000 | Golden Globe | Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2000 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
2000 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Won |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Choreography | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Won |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Won |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Won |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Nominated |
2000 | Emmy | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special | Nominated |