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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, which was for her performance in 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 4,738,783 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Dorothy Dandridge is the 2,363rd most popular actor (down from 1,652nd in 2019), the 3,833rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,917th in 2019) and the 1,128th most popular American Actor.

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  • 51.83

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  • 42

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  • 2.05

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  • 5.46

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 2,363 out of 9,996Before her are Ryan Phillippe, John Doman, Palle Huld, Damian Lewis, Julian Fellowes, and Amy Irving. After her are Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Wise, Nigel Bruce, Tommy Wiseau, Alan Thicke, and Bill Cobbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 194Before her are Charles Gérard, Tetsurō Tamba, Khiuaz Dospanova, George McGovern, Jack Klugman, and Roy Salvadori. After her are Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, Saad el-Shazly, Sinan Hasani, Virgilio Noè, Vsevolod Bobrov, and Lyndon LaRouche. Among people deceased in 1965, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 87Before her are Herberts Cukurs, Tito Schipa, Odile Defraye, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Roberto Cherro, and Linda Darnell. After her are D. N. Aidit, Jānis Balodis, Maria Dąbrowska, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Erik Heinrichs, and Judy Holliday.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 3,833 out of 18,182Before her are William Cranch Bond (1789), Brian Kobilka (1955), Seth Carlo Chandler (1846), Scott Bradley (1891), Amy Irving (1953), and Elvin Jones (1927). After her are Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Ray Wise (1947), William Calley (1943), Wanda Jackson (1937), and Stephen J. Cannell (1941).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dorothy Dandridge ranks 1,128Before her are Philip Baker Hall (1931), Darlene Conley (1934), Miriam Hopkins (1902), Ryan Phillippe (1974), John Doman (1945), and Amy Irving (1953). After her are Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Ray Wise (1947), Bill Cobbs (1934), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), Thomas Gibson (1962), and Larry Semon (1889).

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