Dorothy Dandridge Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$10,000

Famous American actress, singer, and dancer Dorothy Dandridge’s net worth was only $10 thousand at the time of her death in 1965. Despite being one of the first African American movie stars, financial difficulties plagued her life. The theft by her financial managers left her in profound debt, which caused her to sell her home and introduce her daughter into a state mental institution.

Key facts:

First African American movie star

First woman of color nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress

Appeared in several films including Carmen Jones, Porgy and Bess, and Island in the Sun

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Carmen Jones in 1955 and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for Porgy and Bess in 196

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983

Basic Information About Dorothy Dandridge

Category	Celebrities › Actors
Professions	Singer, Actor, Pin-up girl
Net worth	$10,000
Date of birth	1922-11-09
Place of birth	Cleveland
Date of death	1965-09-08 (aged 42)
Nationality	United States of America
Gender	Female
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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Dorothy Dandridge's photos

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ViewScan_zoomed_out_upper_portion_of_Los_Angeles_Examiner_front_page_September_4,_1957_different_Examiner_edition_(same_day)_as_one_with_front_page_photo_of_O%27Hara_next_to_magazine_publishers_4X_digital_zoom0000.jpg
Original Source: Own work
Author: Brent Brant
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Date taken: 4 September 1957

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dorothy_Dandridge_in_The_Decks_Ran_Red_trailer.jpg
Original Source: The Decks Ran Red trailer
Author: Trailer screenshot
Date taken: 1958

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stevan_Kragujevic,_Dorothy_Dandridge_%26_Alain_Delon_in_Belgrade,_1962.jpg
Original Source: Transferred from sr.wikipedia to Commons.

Author:



Description	Serbian photographer
Date of birth/death	4 February 1922	17 April 2002
Location of birth/death	Senta	Belgrade
Work period	20^th century date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Authority file	: Q16081892

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Serbia license.
Date taken: 31 May 2014 (original upload date)

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