yeah, was a fine chick but had head and emotional issues, and was one of the original hollywood bed warmers.....also (allegedly) tried to get her black co-star brock peters fired from the cast of the movie porgy and bess because he was too dark.
Dorothy Dandridge, Angel Face: Jack Denison, Husband 2
Dandridge worked extremely hard on the set and didn't socialize much with her costars, as Brock Peters remembered, "I couldn't figure her out. When I looked at her, I wondered what she was like. And I suspected that she might be introverted. That she might be a little bit removed because she, after all, not only was the star of the film, but she was doing the nightclub circuit. And that meant that she was already having a level of success." Diahann Carroll, only 18 and in her first film, had a similar impression, "She had very few friends in the cast. [She] was painfully shy and self-absorbed, concerned only with improving her performance. So much was riding on it that she seemed to be living in a constant state of anxiety. Her vulnerability touched me deeply." Choreographer Herb Ross thought Dandridge "was very intelligent. But I thought Dorothy was not a happy woman. She was gifted and talented and beautiful. At that time, it was not easy for a beautiful, intelligent, Black woman." One distraction for Dandridge was her personal life: before production had started, she and Preminger had become lovers and would remain together for several years. Because Preminger was still married, although separated from his wife, and because interracial couples were taboo in the 1950s, they had to keep the relationship under wraps. Nevertheless, Preminger devoted his time to making Dorothy a star and he succeeded.
Dorothy Dandridge Profile
Dorothy Dandridge's Tragic Relations - Interracial Marriage and Family™
The beautiful Dorothy Dandridge, was legendary. She was a multitalented woman way ahead of her time. Dorothy’s mother Ruby and her lover Geneva Williams were abusive and taught Dorothy nothing about vetting good, quality men. Tragically almost every man in Dorothy’s romantic life left her heartbroken and broken. These would include her no account of a husband Harold Nicholas to the weak Peter Lawford who could not take the public pressure of interracial unions, to the married director Otto Preminger to her abusive, slimy husband Jack Denison and others. Dorothy Dandridge made the same mistake over and over again never getting it right. Dorothy’s own sister Vivian due to jealousy abandoned her too. Tragic life, tragic death.
Dorothy Dandridge's Tragic Relations - Interracial Marriage and Family™
Dorothy Dandridge and Otto Preminger
Dorothy Dandridge, Angel Face: Jack Denison, Husband 2
Dandridge worked extremely hard on the set and didn't socialize much with her costars, as Brock Peters remembered, "I couldn't figure her out. When I looked at her, I wondered what she was like. And I suspected that she might be introverted. That she might be a little bit removed because she, after all, not only was the star of the film, but she was doing the nightclub circuit. And that meant that she was already having a level of success." Diahann Carroll, only 18 and in her first film, had a similar impression, "She had very few friends in the cast. [She] was painfully shy and self-absorbed, concerned only with improving her performance. So much was riding on it that she seemed to be living in a constant state of anxiety. Her vulnerability touched me deeply." Choreographer Herb Ross thought Dandridge "was very intelligent. But I thought Dorothy was not a happy woman. She was gifted and talented and beautiful. At that time, it was not easy for a beautiful, intelligent, Black woman." One distraction for Dandridge was her personal life: before production had started, she and Preminger had become lovers and would remain together for several years. Because Preminger was still married, although separated from his wife, and because interracial couples were taboo in the 1950s, they had to keep the relationship under wraps. Nevertheless, Preminger devoted his time to making Dorothy a star and he succeeded.
Dorothy Dandridge Profile
Dorothy Dandridge's Tragic Relations - Interracial Marriage and Family™
The beautiful Dorothy Dandridge, was legendary. She was a multitalented woman way ahead of her time. Dorothy’s mother Ruby and her lover Geneva Williams were abusive and taught Dorothy nothing about vetting good, quality men. Tragically almost every man in Dorothy’s romantic life left her heartbroken and broken. These would include her no account of a husband Harold Nicholas to the weak Peter Lawford who could not take the public pressure of interracial unions, to the married director Otto Preminger to her abusive, slimy husband Jack Denison and others. Dorothy Dandridge made the same mistake over and over again never getting it right. Dorothy’s own sister Vivian due to jealousy abandoned her too. Tragic life, tragic death.
Dorothy Dandridge's Tragic Relations - Interracial Marriage and Family™
Dorothy Dandridge and Otto Preminger
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