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    Lady Sings the Blues

    R1972 · Music · 2h 24m

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  1. Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical musical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from Holiday's song. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount Pictures. Diana Ross, in her feature film debut, portrayed Holiday ...

  2. Oct 12, 1972 · Lady Sings the Blues: Directed by Sidney J. Furie. With Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan. The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.

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    • Biography, Drama, Music
    • Sidney J. Furie
    • 1972-10-12
  3. Aug 18, 2020 · Lady Sings The Blues (1972)Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, mar...

    • 72 min
    • 94K
    • Kallai Genie
  4. Lady Sings the Blues. R Released Oct 12, 1972 2h 24m Biography Music. List. Fresh score. 71% Tomatometer 62 Reviews. Fresh audience score. 86% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings. Pop star Diana Ross ...

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    • Sidney J. Furie
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    • Diana Ross
  5. Lady Sings The Blues (1972) -- (Movie Clip) All Of Me Fleeing prostitution in 1930’s Harlem, Diana Ross as Eleanora Holiday proves to club owner Jerry (Sid Melton) she’s no dancer, but is rescued by “Piano Man” Richard Pryor, winning a job and choosing a name, with the Gerald Marks-Seymour Sims song, then known as a Ruth Etting standard, in Lady Sings The Blues, 1972.

    • Sidney J. Furie, Irby Smith, Charles Washburn
    • Diana Ross
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  6. This was one of the great performances of 1972. And there is no building up to it. The opening scene is one of total and unrelieved anguish; Billie Holiday is locked into prison, destitute and nearly friendless, and desperately needing a fix of heroin. The high, lonely shriek which escapes from Ross in this scene is a call from the soul, and we ...

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  8. Lady Sings the Blues. 1972. 2 hr 24 mins. Drama. R. Watchlist. The heartbreaking story of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday, from her difficult childhood to her turbulent rise to fame, mired by ...

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