Halle Berry once had the opportunity to portray late actor Dorothy Dandridge in a movie about her life and career. To do so, Berry tried to hold onto one of Dorothy Dandridge’s clothes for inspiration ...

Halle Berry is celebrating Dorothy Dandridge's 100th birthday. Berry shared a tweet that included a side-by-side of a young Dandridge and herself when she portrayed the trailblazing actress in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. See the stunning snaps Halle Berry shared to Twitter on Thursday. In celebration of Dandridge's 100th birthday, which also marks ...

Dandridge was the first African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the film “Carmen Jones,” released in 1954. The film was groundbreaking as an ...

Dorothy Dandridge's life as a theatrical triple threat was one of great volatility and struggle, from her upbringing to her public perception as a black woman who preferred liaisons with powerful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dorothy Dandridge could do it all: sing, act, dance. And her talent elevated her to the highest ranks of fame. But despite her ...

In the 1950s, Dorothy Dandridge was one performer who paved the way for subsequent generations of black actresses. Dandridge started out as a nightclub singer and actress who sang in supper clubs in ...

Berry played Dandridge, the first Black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, in the 1999 biopic Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Bailey Richards is a Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has ...