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40 Facts About The Tragic Life of Dorothy Dandridge

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23. Dorothy Fought For Her Own Modesty

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Dorothy Dandridge and Alex Cressan on the set of “Tamango”. Caocultura.

In 1958’s Tamango, a film about a slave rebellion aboard a slave ship, Dandridge was supposed to appear entirely in a tattered two-piece bathing suit and even shoot one scene while swimming naked. Dandridge refused to allow this invasion of her own modesty and had the wardrobe tailored to her personal desires and refused to complete the naked scene.

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