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Programme Information

The tragic story of Dorothy Dandridge (Halle Berry) and her rollercoaster career: from club circuit to big screen success and finally to her drug-induced demise and the suicide rumours. A love affair with director Otto Preminger helped her career, but later probably led her to some wrong decisions. Well-acted and sensitive on issues of race in showbiz.

Keywords:

Drama, Biopic, Music, Based-on-True-Story, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1999) (Made for TV) (2 Star)

Cast:

Halle Berry	.... Dorothy Dandridge
Brent Spiner	.... Earl Mills
Klaus-Maria Brandauer	.... Otto Preminger
Obba Babatundé	.... Harold Nicholas
Loretta Devine	.... Ruby Dandridge
Cynda Williams	.... Vivian Dandridge

Supporting Cast:

LaTanya Richardson	.... Auntie
Tamara Taylor	.... Geri Nicholas
D.B. Sweeney	.... Jack Denison
William Atherton	.... Darryl Zanuck
Sharon Brown	.... Etta Jones
Andre Carthen	.... Harry Belafonte
Ben Brown	.... Sidney Poitier
Alexis Carrington	.... Lynn @ Age 4
Sarah Scott Davis	.... Second Actress

Directors:

Martha Coolidge

Writers:

Earl Mills
Shonda Rhimes