Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Infobox_Film
name = Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

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amg_id = 1:180443
imdb_id = 0172348
writer = Earl Mills (book)
Shonda Rhimes
(teleplay)
Scott Abbott
teleplay)
starring = Halle Berry
Brent Spiner
Klaus Maria Brandauer
director = Martha Coolidge
producer = Larry Y Albucher
Halle Berry
music = Elmer Bernstein
distributor = Home Box Office (HBO)
released = August 21, 1999 (USA)
runtime = 120 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget = $9,200,000

"Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" is a television film directed by Martha Coolidge. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1998, the film was aired in the United States on August 21, 1999. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. The film's tagline is "Right woman. Right place. Wrong time."

Cast

*Halle Berry — Dorothy Dandridge
*Brent Spiner — Earl Mills
*Klaus Maria Brandauer — Otto Preminger
*Obba Babatundé — Harold Nicholas
*Loretta Devine — Ruby Dandridge
*Cynda Williams — Vivian Dandridge
*LaTanya Richardson — Auntie
*Tamara Taylor — Geri Nicholas
*William Atherton — Darryl Zanuck
*D.B. Sweeney — Jack Denison
*Don Gettinger — Hotel Clerk
*Nicholas Hormann — Oscar Emcee
*Sharon Brown — Etta Jones
*Darrian C Ford — Fayard Nicholas
*Kerri Randles - Marilyn Monroe

Awards & nominations

2000 Black Reel Awards
*Best Actress — Halle Berry (won)
*Best Film (won)
*Best Supporting Actor — Obba Babatundé (nominated)
*Best Supporting Actor — Brent Spiner (nominated)

2000 Directors Guild of American
*Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television — Martha Coolidge (nominated)

2000 Emmy Awards
*Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
*Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
*Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
*Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (won)
*Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie — Halle Berry (won)
*Outstanding Choreography — (nominated)
*Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special — Martha Coolidge (nominated)
*Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie — Klaus Maria Brandauer (nominated)

2000 Golden Globes
*Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV — Halle Berry (won)
*Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (nominated)
*Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV — Klaus Maria Brandauer (nominated)

2000 Image Awards
*Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special — Halle Berry (won)
*Outstanding Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special (won)
*Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie/Miniseries/Dramatic Special — Obba Babatundé (nominated)

2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards
*Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries — Halle Berry (won)

Coincidentally, Dorothy Dandridge and Halle Berry were both born in Cleveland, Ohio.

ee also

*Dorothy Dandridge

External links

*imdb title|id=0172348|title=Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
*amg title|id=1:180443|title=Introducing Dorothy Dandridge