COMING ATTRACTIONS: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE LIVES HERE (EPISODE 11)

Happy Birthday, Dorothy Dandridge. Keep an eye out for my upcoming video on the life and death of the “Black Marilyn Monroe.” In the meantime, don’t forget to subscribe to the Dead in Hollywood Youtube Channel. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE! I swear you’ll be glad you did! Catch up on Episodes 1-10!

BOTD: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (November 9, 1922)

𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝙹𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸. 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗-𝙰𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙰𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚢 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 "𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜." 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚎? 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚣𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝙻𝙻𝚈𝚆𝙾𝙾𝙳: 𝙳𝙾𝚁𝙾𝚃𝙷𝚈 𝙳𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚁𝙸𝙳𝙶𝙴 (𝙸𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝟷0). 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚎𝚜. 𝟹𝟼 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜, 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛, 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜!

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Check out my trailer for READ-ALONG WITH DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD: THIS IS THE STORY OF DOROTHY DANDRIDGE. Dandridge was the first black actress to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. She died on September 8, 1965. The cause of death is a mystery to this day. What really happened to the “Black Marilyn Monroe” and why isn’t she an icon like Marilyn?

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