Image / Dorothy Dandridge, 1950-1965

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Title: Dorothy Dandridge, 1950-1965
Alternative Title: Early Motion Picture Actresses
Date Created and/or Issued: [1950-1965]
1950/1965
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
Rights Information: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Description: Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an African American film and theatre actress, singer, and dancer. She is perhaps one of the most famous African-American actresses to have a successful Hollywood career and the first nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film Carmen Jones.
Dorothy Dandridge with two unidentified men
Handwritten on back of photo: movie actress
Type: image
Identifier: uclalsc_1889_b22_f04_003a.tif
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Subject: African American singers
African American actresses
Dandridge, Dorothy, 1922-1965
Source: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
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