Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida sadarkani - "Carmen Jones" waxay noqotay guul caalami ah, ugu dambeyntii waxay kasbatay in ka badan $10 milyan sanduuqa sanduuqa waxayna noqotay mid ka mid ah filimada ugu dakhliga badan sanadka. 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. Xafladii 27aad ee Abaalmarinta Akademiyada
waxaa 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.