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Acting

Dorothy Dandridge

Career: Active from 1940 to 1961, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Sun Valley Serenade
72/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1955 · Nominated · 27th Academy Awards
Carmen Jones
Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Dorothy Dandridge Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.5, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.4, average 1.7
Scare
1.2, average 2.6
Dark Humor
1.5, average 2.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 2
Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

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1 title

Ebony Parade

as (archive footage)

1960s

3 titles

The Murder Men

as Norma Sherman

Cain's Hundred

TV show · as Norma Sherman

Moment of Danger

as Gianna

1950s

9 titles · average score 61

Porgy and Bess

63

as Bess

The Decks Ran Red

57

as Mahia

Tamango

71

as Aiché, Reiker's mistress

Island in the Sun

63

as Margot Seaton

Carmen Jones

61

as Carmen Jones

Bright Road

69

as Jane Richards

Remains to Be Seen

61

as Dorothy Dandridge

The Harlem Globetrotters

58

as Ann Carpenter

Tarzan's Peril

50

as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba

1940s

16 titles · average score 60

Since You Went Away

74

as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

Happy Go Lucky

58

as Showgirl (uncredited)

Drums of the Congo

as Princess Malimi

Ride 'Em Cowboy

57

as Dancer (uncredited)

Orchestra Wives

66

as Singer/Dancer

Night in New Orleans

as Sal, Shadrach's Girl (uncredited)

Lucky Jordan

69

as Hollyhock School Maid

Sun Valley Serenade

72

as Specialty Act

Lady from Louisiana

47

as Felice

Sundown

41

as Kipsang's Wife

Four Shall Die

as Helen Fielding

Irene

57

as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)

1930s

5 titles · average score 70

Going Places

62

as Member of The Dandridge Sisters

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

60

as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)

A Day at the Races

86

as Singer (uncredited)

It Can't Last Forever

as Dandridge Sisters Act (uncredited)

Teacher's Beau

71

as Student