Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty - Production & Contact Info

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Name	Known for
Dorothy Dandridge Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Carmen Jones (1954)
Obba Babatundé Host Host See fewer	Life (I) (1999)
Joe Adams Self Self See fewer	Carmen Jones (1954)
Desi Arnaz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Pearl Bailey Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) See fewer	The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Lex Barker Tarzan (clip from Tarzan's Peril (1951)) (archive footage) Tarzan (clip from Tarzan's Peril (1951)) (archive footage) See fewer	Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
Angela Bassett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Strange Days (1995)
Harry Belafonte Mr. Williams - School Principal (archive footage) Mr. Williams - School Principal (archive footage) See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
Halle Berry Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Catwoman (2004)
Hoagy Carmichael Self (clip from Lazybones (1941)) (archive footage) Self (clip from Lazybones (1941)) (archive footage) See fewer	To Have and Have Not (1944)
Diahann Carroll Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Julia (1968)
Ruby Dandridge Self - Dorothy Dandridge's mother (archive footage) Self - Dorothy Dandridge's mother (archive footage) See fewer	Beulah (1950)
Sammy Davis Jr. Sportin' Life (archive footage) Sportin' Life (archive footage) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Carmen De Lavallade Self Self See fewer	Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Laurence Fishburne Self Self See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Joan Fontaine Mavis Norman (archive footage) Mavis Norman (archive footage) See fewer	Rebecca (1940)
Alan Gansberg Self Self See fewer	Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents (2002)
Judy Garland Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Jackie Gleason Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Jasmine Guy Self Self See fewer	Harlem Nights (1989)
George 'Gabby' Hayes Gabby Whittaker (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946)) (archive footage) Gabby Whittaker (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946)) (archive footage) See fewer	Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Whitney Houston Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Bodyguard (1992)
Janet Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poetic Justice (1993)
John Justin Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957)) (archive footage) Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957)) (archive footage) See fewer	The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Curd Jürgens Capt. John Reinker (clip from Tamango (1958)) (archive footage) Capt. John Reinker (clip from Tamango (1958)) (archive footage) See fewer	The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Grace Kelly Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dial M for Murder (1954)
Peter Lawford Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)
Hattie McDaniel Aunt Dilsey (clip from Judge Priest (1934)) (archive footage) Aunt Dilsey (clip from Judge Priest (1934)) (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Butterfly McQueen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Glenn Miller Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wild at Heart (1990)
The Mills Brothers Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Don't Look Up (2021)
The Nicholas Brothers Themselves (clip from Stormy Weather (1943)) (archive footage) Themselves (clip from Stormy Weather (1943)) (archive footage) See fewer	Kid Millions (1934)
Fayard Nicholas Self Self See fewer	The Pirate (1948)
Harold Nicholas Self (clip from Stormy Weather (1943)) (archive footage) Self (clip from Stormy Weather (1943)) (archive footage) See fewer	Tap (1989)
Brock Peters Self Self See fewer	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Jada Pinkett Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Otto Preminger Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Bill Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Shape of Water (2017)
Jackie Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946)) (archive footage) Roy Rogers (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946)) (archive footage) See fewer	Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Rolonda Watts Self Self See fewer	The Stupids (1996)
Vanessa Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ugly Betty (2006)
Darryl F. Zanuck Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)
Billy Brown Billy Townsend (clip from The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Billy Townsend (clip from The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)
Tom Brown Jerome Priest (clip from Judge Priest (1934)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Jerome Priest (clip from Judge Priest (1934)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Merrily We Live (1938)
Roy Glenn Rum Daniels (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Rum Daniels (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Olga James Cindy Lou (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Cindy Lou (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Carmen Jones (1954)
Peter Ray Dancer (clip from Lazybones (1941)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Dancer (clip from Lazybones (1941)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Lazybones (1941)
Nick Stewart Dink Franklin (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) (uncredited) Dink Franklin (clip from Carmen Jones (1954)) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Richard Widmark Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Kiss of Death (1947)

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