When people think about the great, doomed female star of the 1950s, the first person who generally comes to mind, understandably enough, is Marilyn Monroe. Yet her friend, the equally doomed actress ...

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a biographical drama TV movie inspired by the biography Dorothy Dandridge written by Earl Mills. Martha Coolidge directed the film, and Scott Abbott and Shonda Rhimes ...

The Best Blacktresses is a weekly, seven-part series dedicated to the 13 Black women and their 14 performances (shout-out to two-time nominee Viola Davis) nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role ...

Berry played Dandridge, the first Black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, in the 1999 biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge was a 1999 movie based on the biographical Dorothy Dandridge by Earl Millis. Directed by Martha Coolidge and written by Shonda Rhimes, the movie starred Halle Berry as ...

Wanda Ray Willis is to bring Dorothy Dandridge to life this weekend in a one-woman musical that she wrote and stars in. The legendary actress, singer and dancer was the first African-American to ...

Axelrod Performing Arts Center announced the premiere of That’s Love! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical, starring Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award-nominated internationally acclaimed performer N’Kenge (Motown ...

Dorothy Dandridge LLC and The N’Kenge Foundation recently presented two sold-out, invite-only readings of SPOTLIGHT! The Dorothy Dandridge Musical at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City.