Dorothy dandridge was born November 9 in cleavland Ohio .Entertainer,singer cabinet maker,minister!
#drake #aliciakeys #stunna4vegas #yungeenace #dorothydandridge #marilymonroe #parallellives @llbj46: artist America was not geared to make me into a Liz Taylor, a Monroe, a Gardner,” Dorothy wrote in her memoir. Or, as she told her sister-in-law the night before her death, “If I looked like Betty Grable, I could capture the world.” Dorothy Dandridge, Marilyn Monroe and another black friendly actress, Ava Gardner often went to parties together.
Marilyn and Dorothy also got a kick out of both their first names and last names started with the same initial.
Marilyn never tried to hide her friendship with Dorothy. It was so unpopular for whites to have black friends during segregation that white media outlets refused to report on their friendship, even if they were peers in the same field. Marilyn Monroe was very ‘black friendly’ and it’s rumored that she tried to talk President John F. Kennedy into during more for civil rights before her death. Ironically, both Marilyn Monroe and Dorothy Dandridge would die in a similiar fashion. Both died of accidental pill overdoses. Actor #Marlon Brando was extremely attracted to Dorothy Dandridge and shocked an audience when he kissed Dandridge on the mouth during an awards ceremony. Interracial mixing in Hollywood; was unheard of in the 1950’s and was looked down upon. Even Though Dorothy an entertainer, and her sister Cyril H. Dandridge, a cabinet maker and minister. Under the prodding of her mother, Dorothy and her sister Vivian Dandridge began performing publicly, usually in black Baptist churches throughout the country. Her mother would often join her daughters on stage. As the depression worsened, Dorothy and her family picked up and moved to Los Angeles where they had hopes of finding better work, perhaps in film.