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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Approx. run time	120 minutes
Written by	Shonda Rhimes Scott Abbott Novel Earl Mills
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Produced by	Larry Y Albucher Halle Berry
Starring	Halle Berry Brent Spiner Klaus Maria Brandauer
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Budget	$9,200,000
Country	United States
Language	English
Original channel	Home Box Office (HBO)
Release date	August 21, 1999 (1999-08-21)

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 is marketed with the tagline: "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 Branton-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
• Jon Mack - Ava Gardner
• Kerri Randles - Marilyn Monroe
• Vocalist Wendi Williams provides the singing voice for Dorothy Dandridge

Awards and 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)

See also

• Dorothy Dandridge

External links

• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge at the Internet Movie Database
• Introducing Dorothy Dandridge at Allmovie