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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.
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.
- (4.9K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Sidney J. Furie
- 1972-10-12
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
- 95.5K
- Kallai Genie
Now available on Blu-rayThe essence of Billie Holiday, one of America's most loved and memorable blues singers, is captured brilliantly in a tour-de-force de...
- 1 min
- 124.4K
- Paramount Movies
Taken to a plush New York club on their first night out, young Billie Holliday (Diana Ross) jousts with man-about-town Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams) in. Billie Holliday fights drug addiction to make a name for herself as a jazz singer.
- Sidney J. Furie, Irby Smith, Charles Washburn
- Diana Ross
Pop star Diana Ross portrays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this biographical drama. Beginning with Holiday's traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career...
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- Biography, Music
- R
Lady Sings the Blues. 144 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1972. Roger Ebert. January 1, 1972. 3 min read. My first reaction when I learned that Diana Ross had been cast to play Billie Holiday was a quick and simple one: I didn’t think she could do it.
