Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
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| Directed by | Martha Coolidge |
| Produced by | Larry Y Albucher Halle Berry |
| Written by | Earl Mills (book) Shonda Rhimes (teleplay) Scott Abbott teleplay) |
| Starring | Halle Berry Brent Spiner Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Distributed by | Home Box Office (HBO) |
| Release date(s) | August 21, 1999 (USA) |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9,200,000 |
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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.
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[edit] 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
[edit] Awards & nominations
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
