Marilyn Horne
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Marilyn Berneice Horne is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She specialized in roles requiring beauty of tone, excellent breath support, and the ability to execute difficult coloratura passages. She is a recipient of the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors, and has won four Grammy Awards.
Beniamino Prior as Wilhelm Meister and Marilyn Horne as the titular Mignon, Edmonton Opera, 1978.
Marilyn Horne and her husband Henry Lewis in 1961. Photo by Carl Van Vechten.
Dorothy Dandridge
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Dorothy Jean Dandridge was an American actress and singer. She was the first African-American film star to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, which was for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). Dandridge had also performed as a vocalist in venues such as the Cotton Club and the Apollo Theater. During her early career, she performed as a part of The Wonder Children, later The Dandridge Sisters, and appeared in a succession of films, usually in uncredited roles.
Los Angeles Examiner front page that highlights Dorothy Dandridge and others
Dandridge with Alain Delon on the set La Fabuleuse Aventure de Marco Polo, filmed in 1962 but only released years later with both edited out.
Tuesday, September 7, 1965; Dorothy Kilgallen's show business column states that nightclub Basin Street East would be opening "this Friday" with a Dorothy Dandridge premier engagement.