# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorothy-dandridge
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:51:03.286Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorothy-dandridge"
name: "Dorothy Dandridge"
slug: "dorothy-dandridge"
description: "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."
tagline: "American actress and singer (1922–1965)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorothy_Dandridge_Cain's_Hundred_1962.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1922-11-09"
deathDate: "1965-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.085214096743639
  historical:           24.57560133333333
  currentAttention:     12.16
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump