Release Date
21 Aug, 1999
Runtime
01:55: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Right woman. Right place. Wrong time.
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
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Actors
Halle Berry
Brent Spiner
Klaus Maria Brandauer
Obba Babatundé
Loretta Devine
Cynda Williams
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Tamara Taylor
William Atherton
D.B. Sweeney
Billy Mayo
Sharon Brown
Guy Torry
Sarah Scott Davis
Margaret Easley
Joanne Baron
Benjamin Brown
Crew
Shonda Rhimes
Martha Coolidge
Alan Heim
Elmer Bernstein
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