ACTOR

Dorothy Dandridge

1922 - 1965

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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). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothy Dandridge has received more than 5,038,701 page views. Her biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Dorothy Dandridge is the 2,550th most popular actor (down from 2,359th in 2019), the 3,994th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,822nd in 2019) and the 1,161st most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.0M

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  • 52.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 2,550 out of 13,578. Before her are Queen Latifah, Shirley Jones, Song Hye-kyo, Charles Gray, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Maureen Stapleton. After her are Renée Taylor, Valerie Perrine, Keir Dullea, Charles Dullin, Gil Birmingham, and Mercedes Ruehl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 202. Before her are Vsevolod Bobrov, Stanley Schachter, George McGovern, Władysław Bartoszewski, Albert Lamorisse, and Tetsurō Tamba. After her are Luiz Bonfá, Käbi Laretei, Gene Amdahl, Roy Salvadori, Jack Klugman, and Corneille Guillaume Beverloo. Among people deceased in 1965, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 101. Before her are Philip Showalter Hench, Viola Desmond, Nikolay Lossky, Maria Dąbrowska, Daniel-Rops, and Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein. After her are Píndaro de Carvalho Rodrigues, Jānis Balodis, Edward R. Murrow, Clemente Micara, John Kitzmiller, and Georges Vantongerloo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 3,994 out of 20,380. Before her are Arnold Rothstein (1882), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), Maureen Stapleton (1925), Nancy Spungen (1958), Stewart Copeland (1952), and Richard C. Sarafian (1930). After her are Dean Corll (1939), Renée Taylor (1933), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Valerie Perrine (1943), Keir Dullea (1936), and Sam Francis (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 1,161. Before her are Robert Stack (1919), Dick Sargent (1930), Queen Latifah (1970), Shirley Jones (1934), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), and Maureen Stapleton (1925). After her are Renée Taylor (1933), Valerie Perrine (1943), Keir Dullea (1936), Gil Birmingham (1953), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), and Anthony Delon (1964).

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Television and Movie Roles

Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Carmen, a seductive woman, seduces a young soldier, Joe, in order to avoid imprisonment. However, when she leaves Joe for another man, he seeks revenge.
Oct 28o 19545.905 / 10
Porgy and Bess
Bess
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Jun 24o 19596.146 / 10
A Day at the Races
Singer (uncredited)
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
Jun 11o 19377.1 / 10