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She was born in Cleveland, Ohio in Cleveland's city hospital.
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Dorothy Dandridge gave he rfirst concert at age 6, in a group called the Wonder Children, with Ruby,Neva ( there baby sitter), and Vivian
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A movie Dorothy starred in.
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The Wonder Children were booked at the Cotton Club in 1938. There Dorothy met Harold Nicholas the youngest brother in the famous act the Nicholas brothers.
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A movie Dorothy starred in.
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Dorothy Dandridge was married to Harold Nicholas on his second atempt to marry Dorothy. He had tried to ask her a couple of years before when Dorothy was 18, but Dorothy had rejected him and turned him down.
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A movie Dorothy starred in.
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A movie Dorothy starred in.
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Dorothy Dandrige gave birth o a baby girl named Harolyn Suzanne Nicholas. They would sometimes call her Lynn for short.
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A movie Dorothy starred in.
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After a few years after Lynn's birth, Dorothy and Harold found out that Lynn had brain damage and they eventually had to put her in someone else's place.
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After coming back from Europe, Dorothy had decided that the marriage between Harold and Dorothy must be dissolved.
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A movie that Dorothy starred in. She was payed $1.500 per week.
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A movie Dorothy starred in. She was payed $3,000.
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Dorothy made an appearence on David O. Seznik's 2 hour long "Light's Diamond Jubilee" extravaganza.
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Carmen Jones was released. She was ayed $1,800 per week.
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Dorothy Dandridge accepted an oscar awad for Best Film & Editing for the production Carmen Jones.
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This is one of the many movies that she starred in. Her salary for this movie was $75,000.
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A movie Dorothy starred in. She was payed $75,000 for this movie.
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An italian movie that Dorothy starred in. Her salary for this movie was $100,000.
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This is another one of the many movies Dorothy has starred in. She was payed $75,000.
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Dorothy married Jack Denison.
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Dorothy and Jack Denison got a divorce.
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Dorothy declared bankruptcy and she lost her home, but soon found a smaller house.
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Dorothy Dandridge died on a morning in September.Dorothy was cremated and buried at the Little Church of the Flowers at Forest Lawn. Dorothy died at age 42. When she died she only had $2.18 left in her bank account.