Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I angitu a "Carmen Jones" i te ao katoa, i te mutunga i whiwhi neke atu i te $10 miriona i te tari pouaka, ā, ka noho hei tētahi o ngā kiriata tino nui rawa atu o te tau. I whakaingoatia a Dandridge mo te Tohu Academy mo te Kaitapere Pai rawa atu, ka noho ko ia te tangata tuatahi o Awherika-Amerika i whakaingoatia mo te mahi rangatira. I te 27 o nga Tohu Academy
I tu i te Poutu-te-rangi 30, 1955, i tohaina e Dandridge tana tohu Oscar me Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, me Jane Wyman. Ahakoa i riro i a Kelly te tohu mo tana mahi i roto i te "The Country Girl", ka noho a Dandridge hei sensation i te po kotahi. I te huihuinga Oscar o te tau 1955, i whakawhiwhia e Dandridge te Academy Award mo te Whakatikatika Kiriata ki te kaiwhakatika "On the Waterfront" a Gene Milford.