Per David Price, "April 14, 1967 ... camera tests for her role as Helen Lawson in VALLEY OF THE DOLLS. While being dropped from the film was a personal embarrassment and a career slight, Judy was saved from being a part of this film.
The producers were clearly trying to trade on her name and the fact that one of the central characters was in fact based on Judy. It is hard to imagine her playing the hard-edged, tough Helen Lawson ... and whatever happened to cause her removal was in the end a blessing from my point of view. But was Judy down for the count? Not hardly. Within a couple of months she was on a concert tour that would essentially carry her through the rest of 1967, garnering many good reviews along the way."
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