Early Life and Career Beginnings. Born on November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio, Dorothy Jean Dandridge faced challenges from a young age. Her mother, Ruby Dandridge, was an aspiring entertainer ...

Dorothy Dandridge was one of the great Hollywood starlets of the 1930s-1950s. ... Ruby Dandridge, left her father, Cyril Dandridge, partly because she had ambitions to be an actress.

Dorothy Dandridge is the most strikingly good-looking Negro singer to come along since Lena Horne. ... (Ruby Dandridge of the Beulah and Judy Canova radio shows), ...

Dorothy Dandridge was born on November 9, 1922, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother, actress Ruby Dandridge, left Dorothy's father while she was pregnant, so Dorothy never knew him.

Dorothy Dandridge could do it all: sing, act, dance. And her talent elevated her to the highest ranks of fame. But despite her skills and becoming the first Black woman to be nominated for the ...