DORTHY DANDRIDGE

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DOROTHY DANDRIDGE AND HER CHILD HAROLYN SUZANNE NICHOLAS

• Name: Dorothy Jean Dandridge
• Birth date: November 9, 1922
• Birth place: Cleveland,Ohio,US
• Death date: September 8, 1965
• Death place: west California,California

• Education: she really didn't go yo school because she was to busy in the acting career
• Married: Harold Nicholas but divorced then married Jack Densin on June 2, 1959 but then divorced
• Kids: Harolyn Suzanne Nicholas

• Quotes
• "I can't play a slave"
• "If I were white, I could capture the world"

• Why are they we'll known: she was the first African American to be
• nominated for an academy award for best actress. She preformed as a
• vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Patch and the Apollo Theater.

• History of the person or their childhood:
• 1. How many siblings did they have: one and her name was Vivian D.
• 2. Where did they grow up: Cleveland but soon moved to Nashville TN
• 3. Parents names: mother- Ruby D. father- Cyril D.
• 4. Was it a happy childhood or hard: it sounds like it was happy

• Know as Dottie Mae
• Her daughter was born with a brain injury
• First black woman to grace the cover of grace magazine
• First black actress actress to be an oscar-nominated for best actress in a leading role
• She was first choice for the role of cleopateria but the role went to Elizabeth Taylor

• She was good friends with Marilyn Monroe and Ava Gardner
• She suffered with awful stage fright whenever she had to preform
• At the time of her death she only had $2.14 left in her bank account
• She was divorced with both of her husbands
• She died because of an accidental drug overdose