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Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922 – September 8, 1965) was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Carmen Jones (1954). [1]
Halle Maria Berry (/ ˈ h æ l i / HAL-ee; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986 .
Halle Berry: Monster's Ball: Leticia Musgrove Won First African-American actress to win Best Actress. First person of color to win Best Actress. First time two African-American performers won Oscars in the same year (Denzel Washington, Training Day). 2009: Gabourey Sidibe: Precious: Claireece "Precious" Jones Nominated Debut film performance.
Dandridge, who was an actor and singer, was the first African American woman to be nominated for best actress at the Academy Awards for her role in 1954’s “Carmen Jones.” (Berry would go on ...
Halle Berry has fond memories of her time in Bedrock. The actress shared an Instagram video on Sunday, May 26, remembering her role as seductive secretary Sharon Stone in The Flintstones as the ...
Carmen Jones is a 1954 American musical film featuring an African American cast starring Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, and Pearl Bailey and produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Harry Kleiner is based on the lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II , from the 1943 stage musical of the same name , set to the music of ...
Halle Berry in Elie Saab at the 2002 Academy Awards. Steve Granitz/WireImage. if you're going to win an Oscar, we suggest going for a va-va-voom gown like Berry did in 2002. She opted for a sheer ...
Halle Berry [14] Introducing Dorothy Dandridge: Won 2001 Alfre Woodard: Holiday Heart: Nominated 2006 Halle Berry: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Nominated S. Epatha Merkerson: Lackawanna Blues: Won 2007 Sophie Okonedo [5] Tsunami: The Aftermath: Nominated 2008 Queen Latifah: Life Support: Won 2014 Kerry Washington: Best Actress – Drama Series ...