Dandridge sisters biography of william

Earl Mills was Dorothy Dandridge's manager and friend during her successful professional life.  He celebrated victories with her and suffered with her when things were tough.  Their relationship often bordered on the romantic according to Earl.  Geri Branton, Dorothy's best friend disagrees with that.






Earl wrote this biography as a labor of love.  Earl's love shines through for Dorothy in this biography.

Birth Name: Dorothy Jean Dandridge

DOB: November 9,

Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio

"In the black ghetto there is a saying that black is disliked by two races; the white and the black." - Earl Mills.   So true, especially today. 

Dorothy was born with what turned out to be two curses - she was light and she was beautiful. Those two curses gave her both triumph and tragedy.  

Earl Mills with Geri Branton

In this book Earl describes himself as Dorothy's manager, close friend and lover for many years.  With the latter, Dorothy's best friend Geri Branton, will always reject that notion.  

Judy Garland as Vicki Lester / Esther Blodgett, in 's 'A Star is Born'

Dorothy wanted to win the Osca

15 Major Facts about Martha Washington, the first First Lady of the United States

Martha Washington. Portrait by Rembrandt Peale, circa , based on a portrait by his father, Charles Willson Peale

Martha Washington: Fast Facts

Born: Martha Dandridge

Birthday: June 2,

Place of birth: Chestnut Grove, Virginia, British America

Died: May 22,

Place of death: Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States

Cause of death: a severe fever

Buried at: Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.

Parents: John Dandridge and Frances Jones

Siblings: seven, including John, William, Bartholomew, and Frances

Spouses: Daniel Parke Custis (), George Washington ()

Children: Daniel, Frances, John, Martha

Most known for: First First Lady of the United States

Also known as: Lady Washington

Height and physical traits:  five feet tall and dark-haired

15 Major Martha Washington Facts

Martha Dandridge Custis in &#; mezzotint by John Folwell () after a portrait by John Wollaston

  • She was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, at Chestnut Grove Plantation in New Kent County, Virginia, British America. Martha was the daughter of lower gentry (or upper middle class) parents Frances Jones

    William Fontaine Dandridge (abt. - abt. )


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    Great-Grandparents

    20 Jan - 06 Sep
    Cobbs, Henrico, Colony of Virginia

    20 Jan - 22 Apr
    Williamsburg, James City County, Colony of Virginia

    15 Sep - abt
    Beaver Dam, Hanover County, Colony and Dominion of Virginia

    29 May - 06 Jun
    Studley, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia

    - 19 Feb
    Rural Plains, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia

    2nd-Great-Grandparents

    29 Dec - abt 27 Aug

    abt 12 Dec - 07 Jun

    27 Jan - 20 Apr

    29 Jun - 29 Jun

    01 Dec - abt Jul

    abt - aft 15 Sep

    abt - bef 05 Nov

    abt - aft 17 Apr

    abt - abt 01 Feb

    abt 30 Nov - 25 Dec

    Descendants of William Dandridge

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    William Alexander Dandridge Sr. ( - )

    ColonelWilliamAlexanderDandridgeSr.

    Ancestors

    Son of Nathaniel West Dandridge Sr. and Dorothea (Spotswood) Dandridge

    Brother of Martha (Dandridge) Payne, Alexander Spotswood Dandridge I, John Dandridge, Dorothea Spotswood (Dandridge) Winston, Robert Ambler Dandridge, Nathaniel West Dandridge Jr, Elizabeth Spotswood (Dandridge) Payne, Anna Catharina (Dandridge) Moore, Agnes Dandridge and Mary Claiborne (Dandridge) Payne

    Husband of Anne (Bolling) Dandridge — married in Chesterfield County, Colony of Virginia Husband of Elizabeth (Lewis) Dandridge — married Feb [location unknown]

    Father of Nathaniel West Dandridge II, William Alexander Dandridge II, Elizabeth Blair Dandridge, Dorthea A (Dandridge) James, Anne Dandridge, John Dandridge, Jane Butler (Dandridge) Logan, Robert Honeyman Dandridge, Thomas Bolling Dandridge, Martha A Dandridge and John Marshall Dandridge


    Family Tree of William Dandridge Sr.

    William

    ColonelWilliamAlexanderDandridgeSr.

    Ancestors

    Son of Nathaniel West Dandridge Sr. and Dorothea (Spotswood) Dandridge

    Brother of Martha (Dandridge) Payne, Alexander Spotswoo


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