Bessie
Bettina Gilois, Emmy-Nominated Writer on ‘Bessie,’ Dies at 58
Bettina Gilois, an Emmy-nominated writer who worked on the screenplays for the Kevin Costner film 'McFarland, USA' and the Queen Latifah-starring HBO biopic 'Bessie,' has died. She was 58.
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‘Bessie’: TV Review
Queen Latifah stars in this HBO biopic chronicling the career ups and downs, as well as the stormy personal life, of the Empress of the Blues.
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Oliver Platt, Bryan Greenberg Join HBO’s ‘Bessie’ Biopic
"True Detective's" Tory Kittles has also been added to the cast of the TV movie based on blues icon Bessie Smith.
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