Beatrice

Beatrice is a young patron of the House Party Club. After a sexual encounter with Robert in back of the club, Beatrice spends the rest of the evening dancing seductively to Robert's music before she falls asleep, drunk, in a chair. Robert's obvious attraction to Beatrice enrages Ida Mae and prompts her to poison him.

Huddie Doss

Doss is proprietor of the House Party Club in Dallas where Robert plays and sings the blues.

Ida Mae Doss

Ida Mae is Huddie's daughter and the cook at the House Party Club. Her actions during Robert's last night at the club suggest that she and Robert have a romantic relationship. She wears a silver chain with a guitar pick, probably Robert's. Her jealousy emerges as she watches Robert with "cold, hard ... eyes like razors" as he goes outside with another woman during a break from one of his sets. When...