Example sentences for: dandridge

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  • (Click here to find out more about the movie and here to find out more about Dandridge.)

  • Halle Berry's pet biopic (she stars and executive produces) of Dandridge, the first African-American to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, gets a lukewarm reception: "a devoted but ultimately dull hagiopic" marred by "a flat script and uninteresting narrative" (James Poniewozik, Time ). Some of the more sordid parts of Dandridge's life have been left out, and several critics say that while Berry captures Dandridge's beauty and glamour, she lacks her heat and sensuality.

  • Berry has said she hopes this movie will launch her into the kind of leading roles that are (as in Dandridge's day) unavailable to black women; Variety seems to think it will, weighing in with a great review: "an enthralling biopic ...

  • Introducing Dorothy Dandridge


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