First African-American to be nominatied in the 'Best Actress' for an Academy Award:
Dorothy Dandridge
Until 1954, no African-American woman had received the coveted Oscar nomination for a starring role, but Dorothy Dandridge was a knockout in "Carmen Jones," an adaptation of Bizet's Opera, "Carmen." She lost to Grace Kelly. The first African-American to appear on the cover of Life magazine, Dandridge's fame sputtered into years of trouble and she died in 1965 at the age of 42 of a drug overdose the coroner deemed "undetermined" as accidental or purposeful.
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