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Dorothy Dandridge: Complete Filmography

(Feature films, shorts, cameos, and major appearances)

⭐ 1930s

  • The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)

  • Teacher’s Beau (1935, short)

⭐ 1940–1945

  • Four Shall Die (1940)

  • Lady from Louisiana (1941)

  • Sundown (1941)

  • Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

  • Bahama Passage (1941)

  • Ride ’Em Cowboy (1942)

  • Drums of the Congo (1942)

  • Lucky Jordan (1942)

  • Happy Go Lucky (1943)

  • Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)

  • Since You Went Away (1944)

  • Pillow to Post (1945)

⭐ 1946–1952

  • The Harlem Globetrotters (1951)

  • Tarzan’s Peril (1951)

⭐ 1953–1959 (Peak Career)

  • Bright Road (1953)

  • Remains to Be Seen (1953)

  • Carmen Jones (1954) — Academy Award nomination

  • Island in the Sun (1957)

  • The Decks Ran Red (1958)

  • Tamango (1958)

  • Porgy and Bess (1959)

⭐ 1960s (Final Screen Roles)

  • The Murder Men (1961)

⭐ Documentary / Retrospective Appearances (posthumous)

  • Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies (2001)

  • It’s Black Entertainment (2002)

  • Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (2003)

  • Girl 27 (2007)

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