Abstract This paper reflects Dorothy Dandridge the first African American actress to achieve a leading-role status. Mrs. Dandridge also had a deeply troubled life‚ marked by the scars of a miserable childhood‚ a string of failed personal relationships‚ numerous career setbacks‚ and ongoing struggles with drug and alcohol abuse. Racism was also one of the demons with which she had to deal with. The terms race‚ ethnicity and culture have no generally agreed upon definitions. There’s a growing
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Remembering Dorothy Dandridge Photo Credit: During black history month‚ we often focus on the legacy of black people who have broken boundaries in various industries. In 2002‚ Halle Berry became the first black woman to receive an Oscar for Best Actress. Viola Davis became the first black woman to receive an Emmy‚ Oscar and a Tony Award. However‚ before this all happened‚ in 1954‚ Dorothy Dandridge was the first black person to be nominated for a leading role at the Academy Award. She was both
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and maids. These beautiful actresses showed the film industry that they are able to hold lead parts and even carry the whole cast if need be. Phenomenal actresses such as Hattie McDaniels‚ Pearl Bailey‚ Ethel Waters‚ Nina Mae McKinney‚ and Dorothy Dandridge‚ to name a few‚ are African-American stars who paved the way for so many African-American actresses today despite the hardships that they were faced with. These women displayed beauty‚ intellect and talent‚ which allowed the stars that followed
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teaching aspect‚ one that aims to teach the reader a lesson‚ usually about life or values. One of these great American writers was Dorothy Day. Dorothy Day was a journalist by trade‚ as well as a social activist and an upstanding Catholic. Day was raised an agnostic‚ meaning her family did not practice a religion. However‚ she attended church services with friends. Dorothy found a sense of passion in the congregational worship of the church‚ and those close to her said she could have been an excellent
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better without: Love‚ curiosity‚ freckles‚ and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy‚ content‚ and sufficient champagne. Three be the things I shall have till I die: Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.’ *** Dorothy Parker became popular shortly after the first world war with her light verse and short stories. Although her works may not seem harsh and unwomanly today‚ they were labeled in this manner at the height of her popularity. Her cynical verses developed
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A Certain Lady by: Dorothy Parker Analysis: A Certain Lady is a poem written by Dorothy Parker that explains the multiple emotions that a woman goes through while she listens to the man she loves talk about his exploits with other women. The poem begins with a woman listening attentively to a man speak. She’s trying to attract him with her body language. He laughs and talks about his quests as a man with other women. Although he can’t see the pain that she hides behind her laugh and smile as
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Amanda Stenberg Chemistry 113 Lab Monday 3:15 Professor Sara Bowden 4-14-14 Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin was born on May 12‚ 1910 in Cairo‚ Egypt and died on July 29‚ 1994 in Shipston-on-Stour‚ England. Her parents were the archaeologist‚ John Winter Crowfoot‚ who was also a classical scholar‚ and his wife‚ her mother‚ was Grace Mary Crowfoot Hood. Up until the age of four‚ she and her parents lived in Egypt in the expatriate community. Then‚ they moved back to England. During
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Dorothy Dandridge was one of the most phenomenal performers I have ever seen! It is an honor to watch her put her talent to work. Her singing is angelic‚ her dancing is inspiring‚ and her acting is perfection in its raw form. Writing this report about her is not just a task‚ but an honor. Dorothy Jean Dandridge was born in Cleveland Ohio ’s City Hospital on November 9‚ 1922. Her mother was a hopeful actress named Ruby Dandridge. Ruby had walked out on Dorothy ’s father‚ Cyrus‚ five months previous
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our heads when someone says Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.” These are the lines that are related right away to the famous story. Dorothy’s long‚ adventurous trip down the Yellow Brick Road where she did make many specials friends and their find Esmerald city. Dorothy is a comun and adopted girl from Kansas she is adopted‚ Kansas is a desolated and too boring place‚ everywhere are gray and sad‚ she living with her aunt and uncle‚ and her dog toto‚ toto is an only Dorothy´s friends and she is worried
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Dorothy Day (1897-1980) Born in Brooklyn‚ New York on November 8th‚ 1897 Dorthy Day was a very influential person in the catholic economic lifestyle. Her father‚ John Day was out of work when she was little‚ which gave her empathy for other then‚ and later on in life because she also knows what its like to be there. When she moved to Chicago her life turned for the better‚ Her father became sports editor of a major Chicago newspaper. In 1914 she received a scholarship for the
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