Lady Sings the Blues 1972
6.93/10 by 63 users
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
- Title: Lady Sings the Blues
- Year: 1972
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Country: United States of America
- Studio: Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures, Sidney J. Furie Productions
- Director: Sidney J. Furie
- Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton
- Crew: Sidney J. Furie (Director), Jay Weston (Producer), William Dufty (Book), Terence McCloy (Screenplay), Billie Holiday (Book), Don Schoenfeld (Makeup Supervisor)
- Keyword: new york city, brothel, jazz singer or musician, mental breakdown, biography, addiction, rape victim, tour bus, racism, based on memoir or autobiography, period drama, drug overdose, music history, lynching, dying young, black singer, withdrawal, heroin addict, nightclub singer, blues music, billie holiday, harlem, new york city, carnegie hall, rise to fame, wayward girl, death of a musician, music tour, 1940s, somber, 1930s, following one's dream, desperate, former prostitute, period film, straight jacket, cautionary, black woman, cultural icon, woman's story, disheartening, powerful, woman musician, deep south racism, kkk rally
- Release: Oct 12, 1972
- Runtime: 144 minutes
- IMDb: 6.93 / 10 by 63 users
- Popularity: 12
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Language: English
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