Monday, May 30, 2011

Dorothy Dandridge

Photo by Gjon Mili ~ Porgy and Bess, 1959 

Singer, actress. Born November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dorothy Dandridge sang at Harlem's famed Cotton Club and Apollo Theatre and became the first African American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for best actress...  ➔  biography.com

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