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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge   1999         R, 120 min. Genre: Drama Director: Martha Coolidge   Cast: Halle Berry, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Brent Spiner, Obba Babatunde, Loretta Devine, Cynda Williams, Tamara Taylor, LaTanya Richardson, D.B. Sweeney, William Atherton   The troubled life of Dorothy Dandridge—the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress (1954's "Carmen Jones")—is insightfully portrayed by Halle Berry. The story begins with Dandridge's early vaudeville acts and continues through her professional triumphs, which culminated tragically in her fatal overdose on prescription drugs.