BOTD: DOROTHY DANDRIDGE (November 9, 1922)

π™³πš˜πš›πš˜πšπš‘πš’ π™ΉπšŽπšŠπš— π™³πšŠπš—πšπš›πš’πšπšπšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πš‹πš˜πš›πš— πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš πšŽπšŽπš” πš’πš— 𝟷𝟿𝟸𝟸. π™³πšŠπš—πšπš›πš’πšπšπšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš π™°πšπš›πš’πšŒπšŠπš—-π™°πš–πšŽπš›πš’πšŒπšŠπš— πš—πš˜πš–πš’πš—πšŠπšπšŽπš πšπš˜πš› 𝚊 π™±πšŽπšœπš π™°πšŒπšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ π™°πšŒπšŠπšπšŽπš–πš’ π™°πš πšŠπš›πš πšπš˜πš› "π™²πšŠπš›πš–πšŽπš— π™Ήπš˜πš—πšŽπšœ." πš†πš‘πšŠπš'𝚜 πš’πš˜πšžπš› πšπšŠπšŸπš˜πš›πš’πšπšŽ π™³πš˜πš›πš˜πšπš‘πš’ π™³πšŠπš—πšπš›πš’πšπšπšŽ πš–πš˜πšŸπš’πšŽ? 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍 πšŠπš•πš• πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžπš πš‘πšŽπš› πš•πš’πšπšŽ πšŠπš—πš πšžπš—πšπš’πš–πšŽπš•πš’ πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš—πš£πš’πš—πšŽ 𝙳𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝙸𝙽 π™·π™Ύπ™»π™»πšˆπš†π™Ύπ™Ύπ™³: π™³π™Ύπšπ™Ύπšƒπ™·πšˆ π™³π™°π™½π™³πšπ™Έπ™³π™Άπ™΄ (π™ΈπšœπšœπšžπšŽ 𝟷0). π™Έπš'𝚜 πš˜πš—πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πš’ πšπšŠπšŸπš˜πš›πš’πšπšŽ πš’πšœπšœπšžπšŽπšœ. 𝟹𝟼 πš™πšŠπšπšŽπšœ, πšπšžπš•πš• πšŒπš˜πš•πš˜πš›, πš‘πšžπš—πšπš›πšŽπšπšœ 𝚘𝚏 πš™πš‘πš˜πšπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πšœ, πšŠπš—πš 𝚊 πš•πš˜πš 𝚘𝚏 πš•πš’πšπšπš•πšŽ πš”πš—πš˜πš πš— 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜!

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The Dandridge Sisters: Don't Go Chasing Waterfalls

The Dandridge Sisters are an all black girl singing trio in the 1930's whose most famous member, Dorothy Dandridge, will go on to be the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award in 1955 for her role in "Carmen Jones." The Dandridge Sisters are comprised of Dorothy and her older sister Vivian and their friend Etta Jones - not to be confused with the well-known jazz vocalist, Etta James. You'd be surprised how many articles incorrectly list James as a member of this trio. The Dandridge Sisters find success on radio shows and in Los Angeles nightclubs. It was in one of these nightclubs that they are invited to perform at the iconic Harlem nightclub, the Cotton Club. The Sisters are so popular at the Cotton Club that they are given a regular spot in the show. They are only 14-years-old at the time.