Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999) Rating: Starring: Halle Berry, Obba Babatunde, Klaus Maria Bandauer, Alex Carrington, Loretta Devine, Latanya Richardson, Brent Spiner, Tamara Taylor, Cynda Williams Director: Martha Coolidge Category: Drama, Independent Studio: HBO / Rysher Ent. Subtitles: English, Spanish, French Length: 115 mins Want to buy?           She was everything America wanted a movie star to be…except white Actress, dancer, singer.Here was a woman with talent, beauty and ambition.Dorothy Dandridge owed it to herself to make it to the top.And make it, she would. An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door.Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award.Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong.Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated.Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings.Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.