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Oct-1951, one child)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Harolyn (b. with brain injury)<br><b>Husband:</b> Jack Denison (m. 22-Jun-1959, div. 20-Dec-1962)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> <a href="/people/686/000031593/">Peter Lawford</a> (actor)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> <a href="/people/456/000026378/">Otto Preminger</a> (film director)<br><b>Boyfriend:</b> Phil Moore (composer, 1930's or 1940's)<br><p> High School: Thomas Jefferson High School, Los Angeles, CA (dropped out)<br><p> <a href="/honors/021/000111685/">Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame</a> 1977<br> <a href="/honors/312/000044180/">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> 6719 Hollywood Blvd.<br> Endorsement of <a href="/company/953/000060773/">Quaker Oats</a> Rice-A-Roni (1962)<br> <a href="/event/146/000048999/">Bankruptcy</a> 1963<br> <a href="/event/340/000164845/">Autopsy</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/781/000064589/">Depression</a>, <a href="/lists/780/000064588/">Alcoholism</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/737/000261951/">Malaga (26-Jan-1960)</a> <br> <a href="/films/474/000042348/">Porgy and Bess (24-Jun-1959)</a> <br> <a href="/films/816/000073597/">The Decks Ran Red (10-Oct-1958)</a> · Mahia<br> <a href="/films/312/000225634/">Tamango (24-Jan-1958)</a> <br> <a href="/films/818/000073599/">Island in the Sun (12-Jun-1957)</a> <br> <a href="/films/635/000040515/">Carmen Jones (5-Oct-1954)</a> · Carmen Jones<br> <a href="/films/628/000035523/">Remains to be Seen (15-May-1953)</a> · Herself<br> <a href="/films/814/000073595/">Bright Road (17-Apr-1953)</a> · Jane Richards<br> <a href="/films/201/000255433/">The Harlem Globetrotters (30-May-1951)</a> · Ann Carpenter<br> <a href="/films/987/000226309/">Tarzan's Peril (13-Mar-1951)</a> · Melmendi<br> <a href="/films/036/000225358/">Atlantic City (29-Jul-1944)</a> · Herself<br> <a href="/films/206/000269396/">Hit Parade of 1943 (26-Mar-1943)</a> <br> <a href="/films/501/000138087/">Sundown (20-Oct-1941)</a> · Kipsang's Wife<br> <a href="/films/841/000037730/">Sun Valley Serenade (21-Aug-1941)</a> <br> <a href="/films/804/000231111/">Lady from Louisiana (22-Apr-1941)</a> <br> <a href="/films/095/000133693/">The Big Broadcast of 1936 (20-Sep-1935)</a> <br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=67614"><img src="/woman.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=67614">Dorothy Dandridge</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=67614" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>