Dorothy Dandridge (1922–1965)

Born: November 9, 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died: September 8, 1965 (age 42) in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

It [prejudice] is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.

If I were white, I could capture the world.

CARMEN JONES 1954 dir. Otto Preminger Starring: Harry Belafonte Dorothy Dandridge