Dorothy Dandridge, Angel Face

Left to Right, Etta, Dorothy and Vivian  

Birth: Aug. 27, 1919 Death: Jun. 29, 1997 Dancer, singer, actress. Former Dandridge Sister. She worked with Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie at the Cotton Club and after she retired from show business to raise a family, she taught dance for the L.A. Department of Parks and Recreation. Cause of death: Heart failure

Vivian Alferetta Dandridge Born: April 22, 1921 Died: October 21, 1991 Actress, Singer, Pianist Vivian at one time became a strict vegetarian.   Vivian was married five times: Jack Montgomery (Actor) (1942-43), (Top) Warren (Warren Bracken) Warren Bracken (Musician)  (?-?)  Ralph Bledsoe (Musician) (1946-47) Forace Stead (1951-53) (was also Vivian's manager at the time)  Vivian divorced him because of his extreme gambling habits.  She claimed that her house painter husband gambled away most of both of their earnings and even pawned some of their belongings to obtain money for gambling .  The couple married in 1951.  They divorced in 1953.  Vivian was 30 and Forace was 31 at the time.  and Gustav Friedrich (1958-?). All of her marriages ended in divorce.  (Emmett Wallace) She was also romantically linked to actor Emmett Wallace (known as "Babe Wallace") with whom she had a son, Micha...