Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: "Carmen Jones" filimkeedu wuxuu noqday mid caalami ah, ugu dambeyntii wuxuu kasbaday in ka badan 10 milyan oo doolar, wuxuuna ka mid noqday filimada ugu macaashka badan sanadkaas. Dandridge waxaa loo magacaabay Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada ee Aktarada ugu Fiican, isagoo noqday qofkii ugu horreeyay ee Afrikaan Mareykan ah oo loo magacaabay doorka ugu weyn. Marka la eego
Abaalmarintii 27aad ee Academy Awards oo la qabtay 30-kii Maarso, 1955, Dandridge waxay la wadaagtay magacaabisteeda Oscar Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, iyo Jane Wyman. Inkastoo Kelly ay ku guuleysatay abaalmarinta qaab ciyaareedkeeda "The Country Girl", Dandridge waxay noqotay dareen habeenkii ah. Xafladii Oscar-ka ee 1955, Dandridge wuxuu gudoonsiiyay Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada ee Tafatirka Filimka tafatiraha "On the Waterfront" Gene Milford.