Round 9: Tossup 10

Cuban documentarian Santiago Álvarez used a song by this actress (15[1])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. (15[1])This actress was once (15[1])the mother-in-law of Sidney Lumet, who cast her to sing “Believe in Yourself” as Glinda the Good Witch of the South in The Wiz. This actress sang “Honey in the Honeycomb” with Ethel (*) Waters in Vincente Minnelli’s directorial debut, MGM’s Cabin in the Sky. This actress’s (10[1])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■ (0[2])

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