Dandridge News & Updates

Halle Berry Pays Tribute to the 'Legendary' Dorothy Dandridge on Her 100th Birthday

Berry played Dandridge, the first Black woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award, in t...

Nov 09, 2022 • People

Dorothy Dandridge Life

Dandridge was the first African-American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actre...

Nov 09, 2015 • HELLO BEAUTIFUL

Meet Serena Katherine “Violet” Dandridge, Suffragist and Scientific Illustrator

The history of Violet Dandridge’s investment in her work as a scientific illustrator and a suffrag...

May 03, 2022 • Smithsonian Magazine

Halle Berry Got Rid of Her Dorothy Dandridge Dress Because She Thought It Was Haunted

Halle Berry once had the opportunity to portray late actor Dorothy Dandridge in a movie about her li...

Nov 08, 2022 • The Cheat Sheet

Bob Dandridge was exactly what the Bullets needed

In his second season in the NBA, four-time NBA All-Star Bob Dandridge won the 1970-71 NBA World Cham...

Dec 19, 2017 • National Basketball Association

Bob Dandridge's best moments with the Bullets

On Saturday night, Bob Dandridge, one of the most decorated players in franchise history will be ind...

Sep 10, 2021 • National Basketball Association

Why Memphis basketball's Malcolm Dandridge 'needed a break' and how he came back a new man

Malcolm Dandridge spent precisely 107 days in the transfer portal. “It was probably fun for maybe ...

Oct 17, 2023 • Yahoo! Sports

Merle Dandridge Recalls the Final Days of Filming Oprah Winfrey's Greenleaf: 'A Waterfall of Love'

The fifth and final season of OWN's Greenleaf premieres Tuesday After five seasons on Greenleaf, Mer...

Jun 23, 2020 • People

No HOF? Dandridge scored most points in NBA Finals in 1970s

When Kawhi Leonard won the Finals MVP award in 2014, somewhere Bob Dandridge was smiling. The former...

Apr 01, 2017 • ESPN

Bob Dandridge helped put Norfolk State on the map. He hopes MLK Day tournament leaves lasting mark too.

Bob Dandridge couldn’t help but think about his past at he sat courtside Monday at Norfolk State�...

Jan 18, 2022 • The Virginian-Pilot

Dandridge doesn’t mince words after Tigers’ season-ending loss

MEMPHIS – Just when you think things can’t get any worse for the Memphis Tigers after that stunn...

Mar 15, 2024 • Yahoo

Norfolk State legend Bob Dandridge enters the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this weekend. Here’s a look back at his career.

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press in May, 2021 ...

Sep 10, 2021 • Yahoo! Sports