She was a black actress at the wrong time. She suffered so much, kept going and got tired to some point. She is just sleeping now. She would be feeling some kind of joy to see the evolution of black people on the screen. She inspired several women in the entertainment industry. Her history is as sad as it is fascinating. Sleep well angel.
She had good opportunities but wasn't strong enough to make good use of them. She should've focused on her career, daughter and only them. It's a waste considering the fact that her affairs with Preminger, actors and her second husband were not her pursuits. In fact, her sister-in-law claimed that she married her second husband because she was a masochist and wanted to punish herself.
@@youisastar3246 the thing is, if she was of another ethnicity she probably would have gotten even more opportunities to choose from. So when something like the King & I didn’t happen that wouldn’t have been the end all be all.
I don't think she could have gotten any more recognition than being the 1st African American actor to sign a movie contract with a major studio 20th Century Fox for star roles only. Today she has a star on Hollywood Blvd. and a statue at Hollywood Gateway.
She was truly A+, 100% class, beauty and poise. She paved the way for Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Whoopi Goldberg and many others. We should focus on what her image and accomplishments as well as remember the limitations that racism had on the careers of her generation of artists. But they knew the value of exposure. I wish we could focus on her as a hero more than a victim.
She was supposed to appear in the movie Marco Polo with french actor Alain Delon. Scenes were shot but the movie never came out. I believe this is one of her last roles. It would be interesting to see some tapes of that film.
@@1234pouvez Indeed. These two have a lot in common. I don’t care if the films aren’t finished. I just want to see their last moments alive. I’m sure a lot of admirers want the same thing too. I’m sure the tapes are somewhere in archives. I’m wondering who had them...
This interview is from March of '56 so Dorothy Dandridge is 33 at the time and just absolutely Gorgeous. But listening to her speaking she sounds alot like Dihann Carroll another All-time Great actress. Just an unbelievable but also so underrated talent !!! RIP Dorothy Dandridge one of the best to ever do it.
She was so beautiful, sophisticated, had natural sensuality, sweet, bubbly and had such a lovely soft voice. It is heartbreaking all the cruelty that she experienced. May you rest in peace Dorothy. You will always be an icon💕
you can see the pain and sorrow but also intelligence in her eyes, she had that same look in her eyes Britney used to have pre 2009 (not sure what happened to Britney in the last few years but you can barely read her emotions at all anymore, her eyes look blank, it’s so sad) it’s sad to see such a beautiful and talented woman with that much pain in their eyes..
How wonderful thank you. Yea Dorothy was definitely on the mend here such a shame she didn’t live much longer after this. She deserves the world. You can tell her fragility, endearing as she was, was a challenge for her. All she suffered in life. So sad. I wish I had known her to help her. The interviewer is rather dishy
She was beyond gorgeous & a Inspiration too all women & other women like her she showed the world that no matter wat ur ethnic background may be that if you hav a dream you should go for it , that nothing is impossible. It was truly a sad tragedy that she died so young , so talented & a beautiful singer as well. May her memory live forever..
you can see the pain and sorrow in her eyes, she had that same look in her eyes Britney used to have pre 2009 (not sure what happened to Britney in the last few years but you can barely read her emotions at all anymore, her eyes look blank, it’s so sad) it’s sad to see such a beautiful and talented woman with that much pain in their eyes..
@@casseychaaneel_ Idk why but I can't stand that movie. It just doesn't seem like the Dorothy I had gotten to know researching her. Saying things like “Id rather be beautiful than smart anyday.” No! No! No! Dorothy hardly went to school as a child performer and never graduated. According to Geri, her bestie, she was very insecure about it and wanted to swallow up as much knowledge as possible. Also she never put her toe in that pool. There's so much wrong with it. Dorothy was a class act. Not a rebel and not a dummy. I would love to see a series but who could play her?
Halle knocked it out of the park beauty wise in the 1998 biopic but I noticed she didn't achieve her personality, speaking voice, gestures and all that kind of thing. She was able to get away with it because no one really knew what she was like beyond her movies. She rarely interviewed. Love Halle but she was just Halle dressed as Dorothy Dandridge, that's it.
Halle did a great job but she couldn’t capture the elegance and mystique that Dorothy exuded. It’s hard to maintain these days with this new culture of crudeness and attention whoring.
Mine … Josephine Baker.. about to be massively honoured in France.. Wilma Rudolph 3 Olympics Gold medals and Bessie Smith, great Blues singer. Rgds from England.
Beautiful woman Dorothy was she was such a sex symbol for the black community she broke racial barriers and was one of the few women of color who owned her sex appeal in such a racial time period Janet Jackson and Halle Berry always say Dorothy their idol morely Janet Jackson.
Movies bosses were so racist and narrowed minded they could not think beyond us being maids and butlersthank goodness for spike lee jogn singlton william greaves oscar michanix melvun van peeples love these men dearky
Eh, No, They Look Similar but No. I've Always Thought Tamera Mowry Looked like Dorothy Dandridge 😃, but SPOT ON, Would Be Kim Fields, with a Bigger Bra Size of Course. 😏😄
I don’t think anyone stole anything they were both 2 very beautiful and talented women .Let’s just give them both the recognition they deserve and let them Rest In Peace they were friends when they were alive ok
@@MEGAjunglejuice well I think that they’re both really attractive but Dorothy never had surgery (unlike Marylin who had a lot of work done) so u could say she’s the blueprint. She was her own person and Maryline too tho
Poor Dorothy she had the stack of cards of life against her since her mothers lesbain lover violated her and her sister to see if they was still virgins and than she married that womanizer Harold Niholas that she had to deal a mentally disable daughter with no help from her husband all this and trying to maintain a Hollywood career and night club jobs in this video of 1956 she was two years from making Carmen Jones in 1955 no movie offers until 1957 when made Island in the Sun .Dorothy Dandridge’s performance in “Island in the Sun” contributed to the film’s impact and its exploration of complex themes. The movie was considered controversial at the time of its release due to its portrayal of interracial romance on-screen and that was big new in 1950s America.Movie roles started coming to Dorothy with two movies in 1958 Tamango and The decks Ran Red and Porgy and Bess in 1959.Even Dorothy was getting movie role and singing in clubs things was all not that rosey Dorothy was have a affair with married man director Otto Preminger which she had to get abortion which end their affair because Otto wasn't leaving his wife.1959 Dorothy with one movie under belt rebound and married this wolf in sheep clothes called Jack Denison, all was well but bad luck hitted Dororthy again in the man department her husband Jack Denison was abusive and con and played on Dorothy Dandridge fame and her money to a point of making Dorothy In 1963, filed for bankruptcy, facing debts exceeding $100,000 Despite her remarkable career as an actress and singer, financial challenges took a toll on her life.Things just got worse in the early 1960sfor her .Hollywood was'nt knocking on Dorothy Dandridge door as in the 1950s she started drinking and taking pills she only did one movie called Malaga (1960): A lesser-known film from her career.In 1962 now divorced in Bankruptcy and dealing with Financial Stress With no means to care for her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne Nicholas, Dandridge faced a heartbreaking decision. She had to move into a smaller apartment and take Harolyn out of a private care facility.Sometime in life you can be the most beautiful flower in the yard give it TLC and all a sudden tornado wipe it away to never be seen again.By 1965 I guess Dorothy Dandridge proberbly what went wrong why me.I guess she didn't see her career going no where if though she was making a comeback them pills was a better way to go out she was just tired of BS of life. Dorothy Dandridge’s life was marked by immense talent, groundbreaking achievements, but also personal struggles. Her legacy endures, and her resilience continues to inspire generations.R.I.P.Dorothy Dandridge your beauty and talent wont be forgotten. 0/2000
Her voice sounds very different. Like she’s speaking in a higher register. Don’t @ me. I’ve read and watched everything on Dottie. May she Rest In Peace.
Its the mid-atlantic voice. She is from Ohio, but also it was the prevailing stype of speaking in those times. Listen to Katherine Hepburn speak, and you'll see what I mean. She speaks in that same mid-atlantic style of speaking.
@@garyhughes1177 Yes, I can see that. She used this accent in Island In the Sun. You're right.My mother and I were just talking about the Mid-Atlantic accent, very Frasierish.
Haley and Dorothy look so much alike….. just my opinion they are basically equally beautiful….. It really had to be hard for her to be so physically perfect in an industry ran by men who literally acted like dogs…. So many of our beautiful women suffered in silence as a result of so many brutal and promiscuous men in the industry at that time…. And sad to say even now.
I think Janet looks like her most of all and honestly when no one was talking about Dottie Janet did. Look at ‘Thats the Way Love Goes’ video there are drawings of her. And don't forget Whitney was fighting to play her too! She sung at one crowd saying “We’re all trying to play this woman but I've got the manuscript.” “Ive got the manuscript” was the part she sang. I believe she meant she had rights to Donald Bogle’s book while Halle used the awful book by the manager.
I seen Janet Jackson TCM video on Dorothy Dandridge she idolize Dorothy the most she had the rights to play Dorothy and she even contacted Dorothy manager Earl Mills on playing Dorothy in a movie but Janet gave up on the rights Janet was gonna make her own movie about Dorothy Dandridge when news of a Dorothy Dandridge movie was swirling Janet, Halle, Whitney and Diana Ross was runner up but according to Halle on the Oprah show she got her project on Dorothy done first so she won in playing Dorothy but Janet Jackson still to this day the only female who still talks about Dorothy.
Dorothy and Marilyn were Before there time. And what made it worse they took Dorothy's Look and gave it to Marilyn, Fact's! From the Haircut, The Eye Brow,.The Red Lip, look at Dorothy Do some Latin ethnic performance, with the ruffled Dress with men dancing around her , then here comes Marilyn With Heatwave . Same Concept, same costume, and Damn near same dance moves. I love Marilyn but Marilyn did not CREATE MARILYN! Someone else Saw Dorothy and Applied to To Norma Jean, and when they put Dorothy's Look On Norma , She Became Marilyn. Fact's
NA'STASHIA VALENTINO DEFRANCO, This is not really accurate. Dorothy's own style and look evolved. Dorothy in the 1940's did not have the arched brows or the red lips. Marilyn apparently was close friends with Dorothy so she likely was influenced by her but no one created MM except Marilyn herself. 20th Century Fox didn't create Marilyn's look. Marilyn had many influences including Jean Harlow, Lupe Velez, and Betty Grable. Dorothy amped up her own look during the 1950's. That's when one see's the arched brows and bright red lips and more of the cat eye make up like Marilyn also had. Those were beauty looks that were becoming popular in the 1950's. But Marilyn already had this look in her films in the early 50's. She just hadn't amped up the look yet, the same with Dorothy. You have made it sound like the studio manufactured Marilyn which is insulting to all the hard work Marilyn really did to create her image. They both were amazing, talented women and there is no need to tear MM down as if she was just a copy of Dorothy. They both were unique.
I thought it was offensive the way the interviewer kept pressing her about why she turned down some movie roles. She handled it very professionally. It's common sense she turned down some parts because she was typecast after Carmen Jones or given demeaning parts as like a maid or slave. She accepted working in Tamango as a slave but turned down a few other movies. It was hard for a black person, especially a woman, to go far in television and he shouldn't be the one to judge her whether she accepted being cast in a movie or not. He may have been smiling but he came across as judgemental that she didn't accept the parts in those few movies he mentioned in the interview.
he asked her specifically if she was going to continue working in musical films and then asked about two roles she apparently turned down in aida and rigoletto, which are operas. i couldn’t tell what the roles were, but those are highly respected operas. i don’t think it’s offensive at all that he’s asking that question! yes in one way it’s being “typecast” as being able to play an operatic character but damn, if someone didn’t come from operatic training and is so good on their first try (carmen jones) people are offering them multiple operatic roles, folks are gonna naturally wonder!
If YOU go to YOU Tube Videos of Marilyn Monroe, you'll see that Dorothy Dandridge's name is never ever mentioned in the comments. All of the comments in the Marilyn Monroe videos are about Marilyn Monroe. I wish we could give Miss Dandridge the same honor and allow her videos to be solely about her, and not mention Marilyn Monroe. There are no videos or actual quotes from any newspaper article, or magazine article where Miss Dandridge mentions Miss Monroe or where Miss Monroe mentions Miss Dandridge. Neither one had any reason to think about the other one at all. They each had their own careers. People keep saying they were friends. There are no documents showing that they knew each other at all.
I would hate for this comment section to turn into a contest of who looks more like Ms. Dandridge. How about honoring who she was as a person.
Poor Vivian Dandridg damn, she was done so dirty!😑
She was a black actress at the wrong time. She suffered so much, kept going and got tired to some point. She is just sleeping now. She would be feeling some kind of joy to see the evolution of black people on the screen. She inspired several women in the entertainment industry. Her history is as sad as it is fascinating. Sleep well angel.
She inspires every black person period not even just women ❤️
This is the woman Marilyn Monroe imitated
She had good opportunities but wasn't strong enough to make good use of them. She should've focused on her career, daughter and only them. It's a waste considering the fact that her affairs with Preminger, actors and her second husband were not her pursuits. In fact, her sister-in-law claimed that she married her second husband because she was a masochist and wanted to punish herself.
@@youisastar3246 I agree she let Preminger fuck up her opportunities she had a chance to be in The King and I. I always wish she had taken that
@@youisastar3246 the thing is, if she was of another ethnicity she probably would have gotten even more opportunities to choose from. So when something like the King & I didn’t happen that wouldn’t have been the end all be all.
This woman needed and need so much more recognition...
Agreed.
I think it killed her. She had so much hope and ended with broken dreams.
I don't think she could have gotten any more recognition than being the 1st African American actor to sign a movie contract with a major studio 20th Century Fox for star roles only. Today she has a star on Hollywood Blvd. and a statue at Hollywood Gateway.
This was her time. She was a pioneer for black Hollywood and opened doors for many financially. Pioneers usually have to endure ALOT.
She was truly A+, 100% class, beauty and poise. She paved the way for Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Whoopi Goldberg and many others. We should focus on what her image and accomplishments as well as remember the limitations that racism had on the careers of her generation of artists. But they knew the value of exposure. I wish we could focus on her as a hero more than a victim.
A boss, trailblazer, a woman that was a trailblazer and had risen against all odds.
I did her for black history month ! She’s beautiful she should’ve been bigger than what she is.
She deserves all the recognition in the world for the talent that she had.
I remember when I first saw her on screen in Carmen Jones and was fascinated. She was so talented and beautiful.
She was supposed to appear in the movie Marco Polo with french actor Alain Delon. Scenes were shot but the movie never came out. I believe this is one of her last roles. It would be interesting to see some tapes of that film.
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@@1234pouvez Indeed. These two have a lot in common. I don’t care if the films aren’t finished. I just want to see their last moments alive. I’m sure a lot of admirers want the same thing too. I’m sure the tapes are somewhere in archives. I’m wondering who had them...
I wish there was a school to attend to learn this type of vintage celebrity poise & demeanour.
That’s natural that cannot be taught
@@Phoenix-pv4wn Not true. They all had to go to poise and etiquette training. Even later with actors and singers like the Supremes.
Agreed I try to speak like this in my life too gives a rich feel
Why didn't you open one?????
The most naturally gorgeous woman of them all......Dorothy was drop dead FLAWLESS!!!!!
Big facts.
Her voice is so lovely 💟
This is the woman Marilyn Monroe admired
She was so beautiful and talented. She deserves more recognition and respect as a person and actress. God rest her soul
Pure loveliness, pure poise, pure elegance! These three are her middle name! Thank you for this gem
Very feminine,very beautiful ❤️ boy Dorothy I wish your life had went better
This interview is from March of '56 so Dorothy Dandridge is 33 at the time and just absolutely Gorgeous. But listening to her speaking she sounds alot like Dihann Carroll another All-time Great actress.
Just an unbelievable but also so underrated talent !!! RIP Dorothy Dandridge one of the best to ever do it.
She’s breathtakingly beautiful
Haley Berry came close but I'm sorry Dorothy Dandridge was absolutely stunning and graceful. REST IN POWER QUEEN!
Dorothy is way more beautiful I agree.
Both beautiful
Halle Berry looks almost like her.
Yikes..Halley Barry way prettier big Doe Eyes pretty smile too
Halle Berry in my opinion is one of the most beautiful actresses in the world and I'm sorry more beautiful than Dorothy
So so so so beautiful. Makes me question my sexuality. She deserved so much more in the industry. So poised and well spoken. Beautiful.
So nice to see an interview, even if woefully short, to hear her converse and "feel" her personality.
I totally agree.
She was so beautiful, sophisticated, had natural sensuality, sweet, bubbly and had such a lovely soft voice. It is heartbreaking all the cruelty that she experienced. May you rest in peace Dorothy. You will always be an icon💕
She was absolutely beautiful. Her voice is adorable.
Dorothy is outstanding, a natural. I still pray for her.
Beautiful, talented, and classy. What a combination. She was a star 💫
My first time hearing her speaking voice ❤ We love you forever 💙
She was a beautiful actress who died before her time rip God bless you
Her voice is precious
you can see the pain and sorrow but also intelligence in her eyes, she had that same look in her eyes Britney used to have pre 2009 (not sure what happened to Britney in the last few years but you can barely read her emotions at all anymore, her eyes look blank, it’s so sad) it’s sad to see such a beautiful and talented woman with that much pain in their eyes..
She is looking forward to having a movie script sent to her and performing at the Hollywood Palladium and you see pain in her eyes. The odd.
ONE MOVIE A YEAR!!!! And I bet she worked so hard to EARN that contract! So heart breaking to hear that, she had the talent to do so much more 😭 1:02
Why is it heartbreaking to know she earned her way? What a weird comment.
@@skip031890Earn, read between the lines
People don't understand what she accomplished in her short life black women in Entertainment owe their careers to her
Wow she was gorgeous 🤩🤩 she had a beautiful smile and was very soft spoken
She deserves to be remembered as a person/ as human.💌
WoW! What a rare pleasure. There were no scripts for a beautiful black leading lady in Hollywood.
How wonderful thank you. Yea Dorothy was definitely on the mend here such a shame she didn’t live much longer after this. She deserves the world. You can tell her fragility, endearing as she was, was a challenge for her. All she suffered in life. So sad. I wish I had known her to help her. The interviewer is rather dishy
She is sooo beautiful
Her and Marilyn were close pals ❤💙🎄
Another beauty that Hollywood used and abused.
..... but true. If only she didn't listen to Otto Preminger and took the roles he told her not to take, she'd of been more well known.
Black is truly beautiful ✊🏽... she was fine. Rest in eternal peace black queen. 🕯🌹🕊😚🥰
😮 i’ve never heard her talk before ⭐️🥹 Dottie was a true superstar and way ahead of her time. Black Elegance
Dorothy Dandridge was very beautiful her voice her talent and her singing she didn't get the full credit to do more films
Most beautiful woman ever
She was beyond gorgeous & a
Inspiration too all women & other women like her she showed the world that no matter wat ur ethnic background may be that if you hav a dream you should go for it , that nothing is impossible. It was truly a sad tragedy that she died so young , so talented & a beautiful singer as well. May her memory live forever..
you can see the pain and sorrow in her eyes, she had that same look in her eyes Britney used to have pre 2009 (not sure what happened to Britney in the last few years but you can barely read her emotions at all anymore, her eyes look blank, it’s so sad) it’s sad to see such a beautiful and talented woman with that much pain in their eyes..
She was really beautiful and very well spoken. Even more so than the actresses that were considered more publicity wise
She had a tiny voice just like her mom. How cute
Poor Vivian Dandridge the way she was treated all through her life beginning from childhood!😔
She was gorgeous! Very talented ❤❤❤❤i recreated a picture after her! One of my favorites!! She didn’t get the credit she deserved 😢😢
SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL INSIDE & OUT!!!❤❤❤❤ THANK YOU FOR GOING THRU & LEADING THE WAY FOR US QUEEN!!!
MAKE A BIOGRAPHY OF HER!!! 😍 we need a Queens gambit sort of vibe of this!!
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge with Halle Berry. She was born to play her. Excellent film.
@@lindseycarribean5113 born to play her is a bit of an overstatement, i think theres room for improvement for a remake! hopefully
@@casseychaaneel_ She looklikes her so much. And her portrayal was good. She won several awards for it.
Donald Bogle wrote her Biography. A&E aired a biography many years ago around when Halle played her in i"ntroducing Dorothy Dandridge".
@@casseychaaneel_ Idk why but I can't stand that movie. It just doesn't seem like the Dorothy I had gotten to know researching her. Saying things like “Id rather be beautiful than smart anyday.” No! No! No! Dorothy hardly went to school as a child performer and never graduated. According to Geri, her bestie, she was very insecure about it and wanted to swallow up as much knowledge as possible. Also she never put her toe in that pool. There's so much wrong with it. Dorothy was a class act. Not a rebel and not a dummy. I would love to see a series but who could play her?
Halle knocked it out of the park beauty wise in the 1998 biopic but I noticed she didn't achieve her personality, speaking voice, gestures and all that kind of thing. She was able to get away with it because no one really knew what she was like beyond her movies. She rarely interviewed. Love Halle but she was just Halle dressed as Dorothy Dandridge, that's it.
Halle did a great job but she couldn’t capture the elegance and mystique that Dorothy exuded. It’s hard to maintain these days with this new culture of crudeness and attention whoring.
@@Glad2BGoldenAnd her singing was dubbed by an genuine singer.
Junglejuice thank you for that gem. You have no idea how I much I love her.
She has such a beautiful voice and she was an extremely beautiful woman
Imagining her living long enough to become a studio head. That would've changed alot in the industry for black actresses.
She was absolutely gorgeous!
Damn Halle and her our beautiful ❤️
Now that is a black woman with class and a real Movie Star
Thank you so much for posting this ❤She’s a true gem and we need to know about her especially in the Black community.
I just love her
she was adorable!
My inspiration !
One of mine too.
@@MEGAjunglejuice because you recognize class and taste. Stay that way...🥰🤟🏼🤗
Mine … Josephine Baker.. about to be massively honoured in France.. Wilma Rudolph 3 Olympics Gold medals and Bessie Smith, great Blues singer.
Rgds from England.
She is too much beautiful ❤
Beautiful woman Dorothy was she was such a sex symbol for the black community she broke racial barriers and was one of the few women of color who owned her sex appeal in such a racial time period Janet Jackson and Halle Berry always say Dorothy their idol morely Janet Jackson.
Beautiful 😳
Beauty ❤at Its Finest ❤😂
Magnificent!
Do you have rare tapes of another lady I like, Miss Minnie riperton ?
Damn she was fine 😍😍😍😍😍
She was beautiful
Just realized I’ve never heard her speak outside of her films ❤
this was nice to see, thx
Poise! Class! Beauty!
Movies bosses were so racist and narrowed minded they could not think beyond us being maids and butlersthank goodness for spike lee jogn singlton william greaves oscar michanix melvun van peeples love these men dearky
You must not be familiar with her career, BC she played significant roles and made a difference in Hollywood
People saying in the comments that Doja Cat looks like her...Doja Cat is raunchy...no way does she have Dorothy Dandridge's elegant style and class..
Exactly. No comparison at all.
GOD DAMN! SMOKIN !!!!
Beautiful woman
Her and Haley Berry are definitely related some how
Both were born in Cleveland, I can't remember but maybe Halle said at fhd sane hospital.
They were both born in the Same Cleveland hospital that is also true ....... They have to be distant relatives i believe so too!!!!!
She was the top choice to play Cleopatra in the 1963 motion picture "Cleopatra" but turned it down.
Wow hail the queen
Yes all hail her 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
She sounds like she has had elocution lessons the way she talks is so refined it's very posh.
Halle Berry is 100 percent undeniably Dorothy Dandridge's reincarnation.
Absolutely ❣
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I don’t think she is I do think she was born and meant to play her tho ❤️
Nah. They're both beautiful but, nah.
Eh, No, They Look Similar but No. I've Always Thought Tamera Mowry Looked like Dorothy Dandridge 😃, but SPOT ON, Would Be Kim Fields, with a Bigger Bra Size of Course. 😏😄
I ❤️ her
She has some similar mannerisms to Marilyn Monroe. Classy lady. Too bad ladies of this day could get so easily destroyed by their husbands.
At first she reminded me of Halle Berry, but now I also see Philicia Rashad. This woman was such a beauty and not as recognized as she should be.
DOROTHY🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
someone on Twitter said marylin stole everything from her so I came to see for myself
I don’t think anyone stole anything they were both 2 very beautiful and talented women .Let’s just give them both the recognition they deserve and let them Rest In Peace they were friends when they were alive ok
@@felicia7134 I saw other videos and I think the marylin theory is a reach, they were just both very delicate and graceful women
@@nawellllllllll8975 Marilyn wasn’t a stunner like Dorothy.
@@MEGAjunglejuice She was. Two beauties. I believe they were friends.
@@MEGAjunglejuice well I think that they’re both really attractive but Dorothy never had surgery (unlike Marylin who had a lot of work done) so u could say she’s the blueprint. She was her own person and Maryline too tho
Poor Dorothy she had the stack of cards of life against her since her mothers lesbain lover violated her and her sister to see if they was still virgins and than she married that womanizer Harold Niholas that she had to deal a mentally disable daughter with no help from her husband all this and trying to maintain a Hollywood career and night club jobs in this video of 1956 she was two years from making Carmen Jones in 1955 no movie offers until 1957 when made Island in the Sun .Dorothy Dandridge’s performance in “Island in the Sun” contributed to the film’s impact and its exploration of complex themes. The movie was considered controversial at the time of its release due to its portrayal of interracial romance on-screen and that was big new in 1950s America.Movie roles started coming to Dorothy with two movies in 1958 Tamango and The decks Ran Red and Porgy and Bess in 1959.Even Dorothy was getting movie role and singing in clubs things was all not that rosey Dorothy was have a affair with married man director Otto Preminger which she had to get abortion which end their affair because Otto wasn't leaving his wife.1959 Dorothy with one movie under belt rebound and married this wolf in sheep clothes called Jack Denison, all was well but bad luck hitted Dororthy again in the man department her husband Jack Denison was abusive and con and played on Dorothy Dandridge fame and her money to a point of making Dorothy In 1963, filed for bankruptcy, facing debts exceeding $100,000 Despite her remarkable career as an actress and singer, financial challenges took a toll on her life.Things just got worse in the early 1960sfor her .Hollywood was'nt knocking on Dorothy Dandridge door as in the 1950s she started drinking and taking pills she only did one movie called Malaga (1960): A lesser-known film from her career.In 1962 now
divorced in Bankruptcy and dealing with Financial Stress With no means to care for her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne Nicholas, Dandridge faced a heartbreaking decision. She had to move into a smaller apartment and take Harolyn out of a private care facility.Sometime in life you can be the most beautiful flower in the yard give it TLC and all a sudden tornado wipe it away to never be seen again.By 1965 I guess Dorothy Dandridge proberbly what went wrong why me.I guess she didn't see her career going no where if though she was making a comeback them pills was a better way to go out she was just tired of BS of life. Dorothy Dandridge’s life was marked by immense talent, groundbreaking achievements, but also personal struggles. Her legacy endures, and her resilience continues to inspire generations.R.I.P.Dorothy Dandridge your beauty and talent wont be forgotten.
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Obviously Marilyn picked up and got inspired by her soft, cute demeanor. Their faces look also very alike, an angelic, sweet, innocent aura...
Her voice sounds very different. Like she’s speaking in a higher register. Don’t @ me. I’ve read and watched everything on Dottie. May she Rest In Peace.
Code switch
Its the mid-atlantic voice. She is from Ohio, but also it was the prevailing stype of speaking in those times. Listen to Katherine Hepburn speak, and you'll see what I mean. She speaks in that same mid-atlantic style of speaking.
@@garyhughes1177 Yes, I can see that. She used this accent in Island In the Sun. You're right.My mother and I were just talking about the Mid-Atlantic accent, very Frasierish.
Why is it that all the actresses during that era sound alike. She actually sounds a little like Grace Kelly, maybe a little like Elezabeth Taylor
Probably voice and diction lessons.
Haley and Dorothy look so much alike….. just my opinion they are basically equally beautiful….. It really had to be hard for her to be so physically perfect in an industry ran by men who literally acted like dogs…. So many of our beautiful women suffered in silence as a result of so many brutal and promiscuous men in the industry at that time…. And sad to say even now.
She was pretty Halle did a great job channeling her
Janet Jackson and Halle Berry are Dorothy Dandridge reincarnations Janet and Halle was fighting to play Dorothy for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.
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I think Janet looks like her most of all and honestly when no one was talking about Dottie Janet did. Look at ‘Thats the Way Love Goes’ video there are drawings of her. And don't forget Whitney was fighting to play her too! She sung at one crowd saying “We’re all trying to play this woman but I've got the manuscript.” “Ive got the manuscript” was the part she sang. I believe she meant she had rights to Donald Bogle’s book while Halle used the awful book by the manager.
I seen Janet Jackson TCM video on Dorothy Dandridge she idolize Dorothy the most she had the rights to play Dorothy and she even contacted Dorothy manager Earl Mills on playing Dorothy in a movie but Janet gave up on the rights Janet was gonna make her own movie about Dorothy Dandridge when news of a Dorothy Dandridge movie was swirling Janet, Halle, Whitney and Diana Ross was runner up but according to Halle on the Oprah show she got her project on Dorothy done first so she won in playing Dorothy but Janet Jackson still to this day the only female who still talks about Dorothy.
Dorothy Dandridge beautiful classy lady !!!!
(who is Richard Clark ?)
The guy who is interviewing her.
Just like Halle 😲
Omg its Doja Cat!
Omg...they were jealous and intimidated of her beauty and class as a BLACK WOMAN
Dorothy and Marilyn were Before there time. And what made it worse they took Dorothy's Look and gave it to Marilyn, Fact's! From the Haircut, The Eye Brow,.The Red Lip, look at Dorothy Do some Latin ethnic performance, with the ruffled Dress with men dancing around her , then here comes Marilyn With Heatwave . Same Concept, same costume, and Damn near same dance moves. I love Marilyn but Marilyn did not CREATE MARILYN! Someone else Saw Dorothy and Applied to To Norma Jean, and when they put Dorothy's Look On Norma , She Became Marilyn. Fact's
NA'STASHIA VALENTINO DEFRANCO, This is not really accurate. Dorothy's own style and look evolved. Dorothy in the 1940's did not have the arched brows or the red lips. Marilyn apparently was close friends with Dorothy so she likely was influenced by her but no one created MM except Marilyn herself. 20th Century Fox didn't create Marilyn's look. Marilyn had many influences including Jean Harlow, Lupe Velez, and Betty Grable. Dorothy amped up her own look during the 1950's. That's when one see's the arched brows and bright red lips and more of the cat eye make up like Marilyn also had. Those were beauty looks that were becoming popular in the 1950's. But Marilyn already had this look in her films in the early 50's. She just hadn't amped up the look yet, the same with Dorothy. You have made it sound like the studio manufactured Marilyn which is insulting to all the hard work Marilyn really did to create her image. They both were amazing, talented women and there is no need to tear MM down as if she was just a copy of Dorothy. They both were unique.
I thought it was offensive the way the interviewer kept pressing her about why she turned down some movie roles. She handled it very professionally. It's common sense she turned down some parts because she was typecast after Carmen Jones or given demeaning parts as like a maid or slave. She accepted working in Tamango as a slave but turned down a few other movies. It was hard for a black person, especially a woman, to go far in television and he shouldn't be the one to judge her whether she accepted being cast in a movie or not. He may have been smiling but he came across as judgemental that she didn't accept the parts in those few movies he mentioned in the interview.
he asked her specifically if she was going to continue working in musical films and then asked about two roles she apparently turned down in aida and rigoletto, which are operas. i couldn’t tell what the roles were, but those are highly respected operas. i don’t think it’s offensive at all that he’s asking that question! yes in one way it’s being “typecast” as being able to play an operatic character but damn, if someone didn’t come from operatic training and is so good on their first try (carmen jones) people are offering them multiple operatic roles, folks are gonna naturally wonder!
Shes?So beauty
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People saying Halle Berry was her doppelgänger, but Doja Cat looks JUST like this woman like there are no differences.
Nah Doja has a long nose and a skinny face. Halle Favora her more.
Dorothy Dandridge and Marilyn Monroe were very good friends and Marily borrowed Dorothy’s mannerisms for her sultry siren act.
I think they were more good acquaintances, rather than good friends.
If YOU go to YOU Tube Videos of Marilyn Monroe, you'll see that Dorothy Dandridge's name is never ever mentioned in the comments. All of the comments in the Marilyn Monroe videos are about Marilyn Monroe. I wish we could give Miss Dandridge the same honor and allow her videos to be solely about her, and not mention Marilyn Monroe. There are no videos or actual quotes from any newspaper article, or magazine article where Miss Dandridge mentions Miss Monroe or where Miss Monroe mentions Miss Dandridge. Neither one had any reason to think about the other one at all. They each had their own careers. People keep saying they were friends. There are no documents showing that they knew each other at all.