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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060956755
ISBN-139780060956752
eBay Product ID (ePID)1633991
Product Key Features
Book TitleEverything and Nothing : the Dorothy Dandridge Tragedy
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPersonal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Essays
Publication Year2000
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorEarl Conrad, Dorothy Dandridge
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight7.2 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-462418
Dewey Edition18
Dewey Decimal791.43/028/0924
SynopsisDorothy Dandridge's life story is the stuff Hollywood dreams--and nightmares. Completed shortly before her tragic death in 19665, Everything and Nothing recounts her rags-to-riches-to-rags story form her personal point of view. Dandridge recalls her humble beginnings in Depression-era Cleveland, Ohio, her rise to fame and success as the first African American to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination (for her role in Carmen Jones), the disappointments and pain of her childhood and family life, and her downward spiral into alcoholism and financial troubles, Everything and Nothing is a mesmerizing and harrowing journey through the life and times of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable stars., The autobiography of Dorothy Dandridge, Hollywood's first Black sex symbol and first Black best actress Oscar-nominee, examines her early life, slow rise to stardom, and swift decline. The book was completed shortly after her tragic death at the age of 42 in 1965 of a drug overdose. Dorothy Dandridge's life story is the stuff Hollywood dreams--and nightmares. Everything and Nothing recounts her rags-to-riches-to-rags story form her personal point of view. Dandridge recalls her humble beginnings in Depression-era Cleveland, Ohio, her rise to fame and success as the first African American to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination (for her role in Carmen Jones), the disappointments and pain of her childhood and family life, and her downward spiral into alcoholism and financial troubles, Everything and Nothing is a mesmerizing and harrowing journey through the life and times of one of Hollywood's most unforgettable stars.