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Which actors appeared in Otto Preminger's film version of Porgy and Bess?
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Otto Preminger
Film director Otto Preminger, 1976.
Otto Preminger's 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess featured a prominent cast of African American actors, including:
- Dorothy Dandridge as Bess12
- Sidney Poitier as Porgy12
- Sammy Davis, Jr. as Sportin' Life1
- Pearl Bailey1