11. Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 9, 1922. Her career spanned from the late '30s to the early '60s. Not only that, she was a black actor that paved the way for others to come after.
Her first film was A Day at the Races in 1937. From there she was in films such as Four Shall Die (1940), Drums of the Congo (1942) and Hit Parade in 1943 (1943).
Most notable was her lead role in the all-black production of Carmen Jones in 1954 as Carmen Jones. She earned a nomination for an Oscar through the role, making her the first black woman to be nominated for the award.
The movie was a remake of the Bizet Opera, but instead of being in Spain was set in World War II in the south, and was a love story on a military base, with Carmen becoming a prisoner and lover to her keeper. The story ends tragically as they try to flee life in the army.
Afterward, she appeared in the movies Island in the Sun in 1957, Porgy and Bess in 1959 and The Murder Men in 1961.
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