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Dorothy Dandridge: West Hollywood
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Dandridge married Jack Denison on June 22, 1959. On their honeymoon Denison told Dorothy he was losing his restaurant because of financial problems and persuaded her to perform there. When this wasn't financially successful he became violent with her and began milking her bank accounts. After the divorce Denison got half of everything Dandridge owned. She ... discovered that the people who were handling her finances had swindled her out of $150,000, and that she was $139,000 in debt for back taxes. Forced to sell her Hollywood home and to place her daughter in a state mental institution in Carmillo, California, Dorothy moved into a small apartment at 8495 Fountain Avenue in West Hollywood.
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Dandridge's testimony further strengthened the case. Alleged by one tabloid to have fornicated in the woods of Lake Tahoe with a white bandleader in 1950, she testified that racial segregation had confined her to her hotel room during her nightclub run in the Nevada resort city. This proved beyond a doubt that Hollywood Research had committed libel at least once. The verdict curtailed invasive tabloid journalism until many years after Dandridge's death.
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For many young black women, Dorothy was one of the few Hollywood stars to look up to. But as you'll see, her life wasn't always as beautiful as she was. To view a gallery of this silver-screen beauty and to find out how to get her look, read more
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