Movie Description:
Actress, dancer, singer. Here was awoman with talent, beauty and ambition. Dorothy Dandridge owed it to herself to make itto the top. And make it, shewould. An acclaimed stageperformer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time thatwouldn`t let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "CarmenJones", becoming the first blackwoman ever nominated for a BestActress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break herheart, but her heart wasstrong.Seductive and easily seduced,she was born to be a star - with all theglory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman whowouldn`t wait in the wings.
