# Dorothy Dandridge

> Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an American actress and singer. She was the first African American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of the Wonder Children, later the Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.

*American actress and singer (1922–1965)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/dorothy-dandridge

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1922-11-09
- **Died:** 1965-09-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 12.2 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199268/ (@nm0199268)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/322317)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [دورثي داندريج](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [دورثى داندريج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%89_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AC)
- [دوروتی دندریج](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC)
- [Дороти Дендридж](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B6)
- [ডরথি ড্যানড্রিজ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [دوروتی دندریج](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AC)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [דורותי דנדרידג'](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%99_%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%93%D7%92')
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Dandridge)
- [ドロシー・ダンドリッジ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%B8)
- [დოროთი დენდრიჯი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%97%E1%83%98_%E1%83%93%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98)
- [도러시 댄드리지](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%84%EB%9F%AC%EC%8B%9C_%EB%8C%84%EB%93%9C%EB%A6%AC%EC%A7%80)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc74743d-ac8a-488a-b3ff-e17cb36b2520)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229251)
- [Dorothy Dandridge](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20155)

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