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Singer, actress. Born November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Dandridge's mother, the actress Ruby Dandridge, urged her two young daughters into show business in the 1930s, when they performed as a song-and-dance team billed as "The Wonder Children.

Film Festivals often provide audiences a great chance to see movies that don't make it to first run cinemas or even old movie channels.

A Hollywood Hills home once owned by actress Dorothy Dandridge is on the market at $3,495,000. The restored 1926 Mediterranean has three bedrooms and five bathrooms in 4,368 square feet.

Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Almost a half century passed before another black woman - Halle Berry - won the award.

Dorothy Dandridge was the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Almost a half century passed before another black woman _ Halle Berry _ won the award.

Star of stage and screen Diahann Carroll will kick off the Junior League of Dayton's 2009-2010 Town Hall series during an appearance named for her book, "The Legs Are The Last To Go: Aging, Acting, Marrying, and Other Things I Learned the Hard Way." Carroll, the first black actress to star in her own NBC series, Julia, will appear Thursday, Oct.

MAMMA MIA! - A huge success onstage, the musical inspired by the songs of the Swedish pop group ABBA also makes a very entertaining movie, enhanced by lovely Greek locations.

A consummate and multi-award-winning performer on film, television, record and stage, Diahann Carroll's life was marked by a series of landmark achievements for black talent, and in particular, black female .... A consummate and multi-award-winning performer on film, television, record and stage, Diahann Carroll's life was marked by a series of ...

Famed opera singer Marilyn Horne will be one of seven distinguished individuals receiving honorary degrees as part of the Brandeis Commencement exercises on May 17.