
Vivian Dandridge
Known For & Full Filmography10 Titles

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Melisse (uncredited)
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as Member of The Dandridge Sisters
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

Movie - 1942, 2h 15m • as Turkey's Servant (uncredited)
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the luscious Princess Shalmar.

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as Dancer (uncredited)
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African-American entertainers of the early 1900s.

Movie - 1938, 2h 15m • as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
A department store has an indoor ski slide for the annual contest for store employees. Salesgirl June has two admirers - a sausage salesman in the store and the store's snooty ski instructor. The Dandridge Sisters (Dorothy, Vivian and non-sister Etta Jones) perform two numbers.

Movie - 1940, 2h 15m • as One of the Dandridge Sisters (uncredited)
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m • as So White (voice) (uncredited)
Spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) with an all-black cartoon cast. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Movie - 1944, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The stories of "Goldilocks" and "Little Red Riding Hood" collide with the world of jazz, resulting in three jiving bears and a jitterbugging Big Bad Wolf. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.