Dorothy Dandridge, Angel Face

 (Geri with her husband, Attorney Leo Branton) On Dorothy "She was outstandingly beautiful, and  sometimes I think that can be very difficult for a woman.  In this town, you can get chewed up...but she never knuckled under one time.  They never had to take up a collection for her.  She fought it through.  It think she died of exhaustion-----and a broken heart.  "

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

                     Four Shall Die ( 1940) Ebony Parade (1947) Carmen Jones (1954) Hit Parade of 1943 (1943) Porgy and Bess (1959) Bright Road (1953) The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) Malaga (1960) Condemned Men (1940) Atlantic City (Atlantic City Honeymoon) (1944)

w/ Lex Barker

Janet Jackson as Carmen More.... Nia Long as "Carmen Jones" Beyonce as 'Carmen Jones' Rhianna as 'Carmen Jones" Zoe Saldana as Dorothy Dandridge's Carmen Jones Dorothy's Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.  At 6719 Hollywood Blvd. Actress and Dancer - Julia Belafonte (l) , Honorary Mayor of Hollywood - Johnny Grant, Mayor of Los Angeles - Tom Bradley, Actor - Sidney Poitier.