Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003) | Full Cast

Ruth Adkins Robinson

DIRECTOR

Dorothy Dandridge

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Obba Babatundé

Host

Joe Adams

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Desi Arnaz

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Pearl Bailey

Frankie (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))archiveFootage

Lex Barker

Tarzan (clip from Tarzan's Peril (1951))archiveFootage

Angela Bassett

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Harry Belafonte

Mr. Williams (clip from Bright Road (1953))archiveFootage

Halle Berry

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Hoagy Carmichael

Self (clip from Lazybones (1941))archiveFootage

Diahann Carroll

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Ruby Dandridge

Self - Dorothy Dandridge's motherarchiveFootage

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life (clip from Porgy and Bess (1959))archiveFootage

Carmen De Lavallade

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Laurence Fishburne

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Joan Fontaine

Mavis NormanarchiveFootage

Alan Gansberg

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Judy Garland

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Jackie Gleason

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Jasmine Guy

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George 'Gabby' Hayes

Gabby Whittaker (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946))archiveFootage

Whitney Houston

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Janet Jackson

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John Justin

Denis Archer (clip from Island in the Sun (1957))archiveFootage

Curd Jürgens

Capt. John Reinker (clip from Tamango (1958))archiveFootage

Grace Kelly

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Peter Lawford

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Hattie McDaniel

Aunt Dilsey (clip from Judge Priest (1934))archiveFootage

Butterfly McQueen

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Glenn Miller

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The Mills Brothers

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The Nicholas Brothers

Themselves (clip from Stormy Weather (1943))archiveFootage

Fayard Nicholas

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Harold Nicholas

Self (clip from Stormy Weather (1943))archiveFootage

Brock Peters

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Jada Pinkett Smith

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Otto Preminger

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Bill Robinson

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Jackie Robinson

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Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers (clip from Home in Oklahoma (1946))archiveFootage

Rolonda Watts

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Vanessa Williams

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Darryl F. Zanuck

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Billy Brown

Billy Townsend (clip from The Harlem Globetrotters (1951))uncredited,archiveFootage

Tom Brown

Jerome Priest (clip from Judge Priest (1934))uncredited,archiveFootage

Roy Glenn

Rum Daniels (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))uncredited,archiveFootage

Olga James

Cindy Lou (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))uncredited,archiveFootage

Peter Ray

Dancer (clip from Lazybones (1941))uncredited,archiveFootage

Nick Stewart

Dink Franklin (clip from Carmen Jones (1954))uncredited,archiveFootage

Richard Widmark

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