Round 9: Tossup 10

Cuban documentarian Santiago Álvarez used a song by this actress over footage of racist incidents in the US for his 1965 film Now!. This once-blacklisted actress, who considered Billy Strayhorn to be the love of her life, made her Broadway comeback at age 64 with a show subtitled The Lady and Her Music. This actress was once the mother-in-law of Sidney Lumet, who cast her to sing (15[1])“Believe in Yourself” (-5[1])as Glinda the Good Witch of the South in The Wiz. This actress sang “Honey in the (-5[1])Honeycomb” with Ethel (*) Waters in Vincente Minnelli’s directorial debut, MGM’s Cabin in the Sky. This actress’s signature song, which titles a 1943 film featuring tap dancing by the Nicholas Brothers and Bojangles Robinson, begins “don’t know why / there’s no sun up in the sky.” For 10 points, name this African-American actress who sang the title tune in 1943’s Stormy Weather. ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

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