[DOC] [TLE] Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) - IMDb [PAR] Biography ... With Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, Art Evans, Fay Hauser. ... Title: Jo 
Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) ..... In this film that closely parallels his own 
life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, .... Create a character page for:. [DOC] [TLE] Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) - Wikipedia [PAR] Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 semi-autobiographical film starring 
Richard Pryor. ... Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who 
has severely burned himself while freebasing cocaine. ... As Dancer lies 
hospitalized in a coma, his spiritual alter ego revisits his life, from growing up in a 
brothel as a... [DOC] [TLE] Pryor Painfully Answers His Life`s Call In `Jo Jo Dancer ... [PAR] May 02, 1986|By Gene Siskel. ... Those have been the major high points in his 
film career, which since his ... If he doesn`t play a character as smart or wicked or 
wily as we suspect ... in his new film ``Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling,`` Pryor 
has found a role ... Richard Pryor stands before us and says with humor, pathos 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Richard Pryor Comes Clean In Harrowing Recap Of Life ... [PAR] May 04, 1986|By Gene Siskel, Movie critic. ... of his superb new autobiographical 
film, ``Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling,`` which recounts his growth as a ... --
neither his talent nor his mistakes--filling his life story with hilarious episodes from 
his strip club ... Pryor`s character in the film mistreats women and mistreats 
himself. [DOC] [TLE] The Richard Pryor Biopic's 17 Years in Development Hell - Splitsider [PAR] Oct 18, 2012 ... Richard Pryor was actually the first to make a movie about his life. Pryor wrote, 
produced, directed, and starred in the poorly-received 1986 film Jo Jo Dancer, 
Your Life Is Calling, which he ... The working title was Live. ... be like Al Jolson 
playing Malcolm X. Richard and I saw Mike's standup, and there's a... [DOC] [TLE] Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling Movie Review (1986) | Roger Ebert [PAR] May 2, 1986 ... These passages are a reminder of Richard Pryor Live on the ... It shows Pryor 
the performer, instead of continuing the story of Jo Jo the character. ... He has 
played straight and honest with his story, but he also has ... This isn't a heartfelt 
amateur night, but a film by an artist whose art has become his life. [DOC] [TLE] Richard Pryor - Screenwriter, Actor, Comedian - Biography.com [PAR] Nov 28, 2015 ... Richard Pryor was a groundbreaking African-American comedian and one of ... 
Pryor was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1986, but continued to ... by 
Pryor's comedy, which consisted of situational and character-driven ... film, he 
played a popular stand-up comic who takes a look at his life ... Article Title. [DOC] [TLE] Platoon: 1986 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame [PAR] Sep 8, 2014 ... DOUBLE TALK NAMES $1000: Richard Pryor played this title character in a 1986 
film; his life was calling. FUNNY WESTERNS $200: Chevy... [DOC] [TLE] About Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor's Peoria [PAR] Born on December 1, 1940, Richard Pryor spent his formative years in .... an artist 
who brought working-class characters to life with an exquisite ear for the ... 
Arguably there's no more unnerving track on a comedy record than the title cut 
of .... Life Is Calling, he made his self-immolation the dramatic center of the film 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling [VHS]: Richard Pryor ... [PAR] Editorial Reviews. VHS Movie ... Jo Jo Dancer Your Life Is Calling [VHS] ... 
Richard Pryor plays pretty much himself here (why he chose the non de plume "
Jo Jo Dancer" was probably to change the

Question: Richard Pryor played this title character in a 1986 film; his life was calling
Answer: Jo Jo Dancer