Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom is an American musical television movie directed by Sam O'Steen and produced by Roger Gimbel,[1] from the teleplay by Jerome Kass.

Bea Asher (Stapleton) is a lonely widow who is told by a waitress named Angie to get out and enjoy life.

Alan and Marilyn Bergman wrote the lyrics for the songs used in the film, most of which were sung by the two leads, except for a solo by Martha Tilton.

The dance sequences were choreographed by Marge Champion[2] and were filmed in Myron's Ballroom in Los Angeles with some 300 regular patrons, including Dean Collins, Skippy Blair, Larry Kern, and Laure Haile appearing as extras.

The program, which has been released in VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray formats, served as the basis for the 1978 Broadway musical Ballroom.

Maureen Stapleton and Charles Durning