![Dorothy Jean Dandridge : (November 9, 1922-September 8, 1965): Film Actress, Singer, and First African-American Woman to Receive an Academy Award Nomination – TheOriginalBlackWoman Dorothy Jean Dandridge : (November 9, 1922-September 8, 1965): Film Actress, Singer, and First African-American Woman to Receive an Academy Award Nomination – TheOriginalBlackWoman](https://originalblackwoman.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dorothy-dandridge-11.jpg)
Dorothy Jean Dandridge : (November 9, 1922-September 8, 1965): Film Actress, Singer, and First African-American Woman to Receive an Academy Award Nomination – TheOriginalBlackWoman
![African-American Actress Dorothy Dandridge, as she appeared in the motion picture "Carmen Jones." Hollywood, CA, 1954 Stock Photo - Alamy African-American Actress Dorothy Dandridge, as she appeared in the motion picture "Carmen Jones." Hollywood, CA, 1954 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/KH1685/african-american-actress-dorothy-dandridge-as-she-appeared-in-the-KH1685.jpg)
African-American Actress Dorothy Dandridge, as she appeared in the motion picture "Carmen Jones." Hollywood, CA, 1954 Stock Photo - Alamy
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DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (1922-1965) American film actress, singer and dancer in a publicity still for "Island In the Sun" in 1957 Stock Photo - Alamy
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Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge (Carmen Jones) 1954 Art Print by Hollywood Photo Archive | King & McGaw
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