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Dorothy Dandridge

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Actress

The Resume

    (November 9, 1922-September 8, 1965)
    Acted in 'Since You Went Away,' 'Carmen Jones,' 'Porgy and Bess,' 'Island in the Sun' and 'Tamango'

Why she might be annoying:

    Her voice was dubbed in 'Carmen Jones' and 'Porgy and Bess' despite her being an accomplished nightclub singer.
    She declared bankruptcy in 1963.
    She suffered from depression.
    Her death from an antidepressant overdose may have been a suicide.
    She was divorced twice.
    She had styage fright.
    She said 'If I were white, I could capture the world.'
    Her popularity faded in the early sixties.

Why she might not be annoying:

    A hotel once drained its swimming pool to keep her from using it.
    She was the first black woman to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar.
    She was a victim of child abuse.
    She was married to an abusive husband.
    Her daughter was born with a brain injury.
    Lena Horne called her ..'Our Marilyn Monroe.'
    Her view on prejudice was 'It is such a waste. It makes you logy and half-alive. It gives you nothing. It takes away.'
    She is the first black woman to appear on the cover of LIFE Magazine.

Credit: Jon Mullich


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 20 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 34 Votes: 23.53% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 77 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 35 Votes: 45.71% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 32 Votes: 40.62% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 51 Votes: 39.22% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 62 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 69 Votes: 49.28% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 81 Votes: 35.80% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 142 Votes: 43.66% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 306 Votes: 42.81% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 768 Votes: 42.84% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 864 Votes: 41.90% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 820 Votes: 42.20% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1202 Votes: 39.35% Annoying