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      • Unlike her aspiring actress mother, Dorothy’s father, Cyril Dandridge, was a very traditional man. He was a Baptist minister and cabinetmaker by trade. The couple separated while Ruby was pregnant with Dorothy, with Cyril leaving the family shortly before her birth.
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  2. Oct 14, 2020 · Her father was absent; her mother, Ruby (who would later have a successful acting career on shows like The Amos ’n Andy Show), worked as a cook, performing the poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar in...

  3. She was the subject of the 1999 biographical film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, with Halle Berry portraying her. She had been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. [2] Dandridge was married and divorced twice, first to dancer Harold Nicholas (the father of her daughter, Harolyn Suzanne) and then to hotel owner Jack Denison ...

  4. Unlike her aspiring actress mother, Dorothy’s father, Cyril Dandridge, was a very traditional man. He was a Baptist minister and cabinetmaker by trade. The couple separated while Ruby was pregnant with Dorothy, with Cyril leaving the family shortly before her birth.

  5. Aug 17, 2022 · While pregnant with her daughter Dorothy, Ruby Dandridge left her husband, taking her young daughter Vivian with her. As described in a 1998 documentary from Biography, Ruby had a passion for performance and often sang at her church. When she was only 3 years old, Dorothy began performing with her sister Vivian.

  6. Apr 2, 2014 · Her mother, actress Ruby Dandridge, left her husband while she was pregnant, and as such Dorothy never knew her father. She later suffered at the hands of her mother's girlfriend,...

  7. Jul 30, 2020 · In the book, Dorothy Dandridge: The Life and Legacy of One of Hollywood’s First Successful Black Actresses, the authors discussed how Dandridge’s mother, Ruby Dandridge, left her father, Cyril...

  8. Sep 4, 2020 · Dorothy Dandridge grew up without a father. As an adult, she readily admitted that the feelings of abandonment resulting from Cyril’s absence greatly shaped the rest of her life. So too, did her mother’s choice of partner after Cyril.