40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge

40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge

Trista - June 10, 2019

40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge
A movie poster for Carmen Jones. Wikimedia.

34. Dorothy Was Forced to Lip-Sync In Her Breakout Role

Despite having a beautiful singing voice thanks to her childhood work of performing in a song and dance group, Dandridge, unfortunately, had to lip-sync for her first musical film role. Carmen Jones’ director wanted a more operatic tone of voice than Dandridge could provide, and cast an actual opera singer to sing her parts.

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