Rent Face of an Angel (1999)
3.6 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 50min
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- Synopsis:
She was everything America wanted a movie star to beexcept 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. - Actors:
- Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Tamara Taylor, William Atherton, D.B. Sweeney, Don Gettinger, Nicholas Hormann, Sharon Brown, Darrian C. Ford, M.J. Sawyer
- Directors:
- Martha Coolidge
- Producers:
- Larry Y. Albucher
- Writers:
- Earl Mills, Shonda Rhimes
- Aka:
- Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
- Studio:
- Cinema Club
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Singer Biopics, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club
