Dorothy Dandridge News

Singer Melanie Brown, also known as Scary Spice from her days with the Spice Girls, has purchased a gated home in the San Fernando Valley area for about $3.15 million.

Singer Melanie Brown, also known as Scary Spice from her days with the Spice Girls, and Mel B during her time Las Vegas, has purchased a gated home in the San Fernando Valley area for $3.15 million.

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.

A new book called Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film by Mia Mask examines five African American film icons, discussing: Dorothy Dandridge 's status as a sexual commodity in films such as Tamango , revealing the contradictory discourses regarding race and sexuality in segregation-era American culture; Pam Grier 's feminist-camp ...