Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Quotes

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is a television show that was first aired in 1999 on Home Box Office. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge completed its run in 1970.

It features Joshua D. Maurer as producer, and Elmer Bernstein as theme composer.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Introducing Dorothy Dandridge is 120 minutes long.

The cast includes: Obba Babatundé as Harold Nicholas, Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge, Brent Spiner as Earl Mills, Cynda Williams as Vivian Dandridge, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Otto Preminger, and Darrian C Ford as Geri Nicholas.

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge Quotes

Halle Berry as Dorothy Dandridge

• (Halle Berry) "How dare you parade her in front of me."
• (Klaus Maria Brandauer) "I didn't know she was coming."
• (Halle Berry) "It was my night, Otto. You won't be seen with me in public, but then I have to watch you traipse around with her."
• (Klaus Maria Brandauer) "She's my wife."
• (Halle Berry) "Tell her to leave. You have an understanding, remember? She openly makes the rounds with another man, Otto, and you don't complain about it. So, why couldn't you spend the evening with me?"

• (Halle Berry) "Have you ever caught sight of yourself by accident and you see yourself from the outside? That's who you really are."

• (Halle Berry) "Have you seen my man? That Carmen Jones snatched him from me and I'm all lost over what to do about it. Can't decide. If it's better I follow him up to the Windy City, or should I wait? Wait for him to come back to his happy-hearted home? Tell me what to do -- I'm Cindy Lou."
• (Klaus Maria Brandauer) "The hell you are."

• (Halle Berry) "Tonight, I'll take my bows and exit stage rear, go through the kitchen, past the casino, around the pool, which I'm apparently too dirty to swim in, up the service elevator, into my luxurious penthouse, sip my complimentary champagne, and pee in a brand new Dixie cup."
• (Brent Spiner) "I take that walk with you every night, you know."
• (Halle Berry) "But the difference is, Earl, you don't HAVE to."

• (Halle Berry) "Harold says I'm the most beautiful girl in the world."
• (Darrian C Ford) "I'd rather be smart than beautiful."
• (Halle Berry) "Well, I'd rather be beautiful."
• (Darrian C Ford) "Beauty fades. A woman gets old."
• (Halle Berry) "Not me. I'm staying young and beautiful unti the day I die."

Brent Spiner as Earl Mills

• (Brent Spiner) "What happened to your face?"
• (Halle Berry) "Guess I wasn't black enough to lead the tribe."

• (Brent Spiner) "Angel Face."

Cynda Williams as Vivian Dandridge

• (Cynda Williams) "You think because you've become a big film star by shaking your tail, people aren't going to treat you like you're colored? Well, I'm something too. I'm something too. I'm more than Dorothy Dandridge's big sister. Didn't you ever notice that? Didn't you?"

Obba Babatundé as Harold Nicholas

• (Obba Babatundé) "Dottie, it's a whole different ballgame over there. They don't know the difference between black and white, and when they do, it's because they're treating us better than they treat their own."
• (Halle Berry) "I can't go to Paris. Lynn is going to need special care."
• (Obba Babatundé) "Then get special care."
• (Halle Berry) "Not in an institution."
• (Obba Babatundé) "Dottie, she doesn't even know we're here."
• (Halle Berry) "I'm her mother. And you are her father."
• (Obba Babatundé) "And I married you. Not this."
• (Halle Berry) "Well, I am this. What are you?"
• (Obba Babatundé) "I'm Harold Nicholas, of the Nicholas Brothers. And maybe that's all I'm supposed to be."

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