Lady Sings the Blues

Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.

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Drama
Romance
Music

Overview

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.

Keywords

new york city
racism
1940s
addiction
period drama
powerful
desperate
racist
biography
1930s
disheartening
cautionary
based on memoir or autobiography
music tour
nightclub owner
jazz singer or musician
heroin addict
brothel
mental breakdown
rise to fame
somber
drug overdose
harlem
blues music
rape victim
lynching
withdrawal
dying young
nightclub singer
tour bus
period film
music history
following one's dream
woman's story
carnegie hall
black singer
death of a musician
straight jacket
black woman
billie holiday
wayward girl
woman musician
kkk rally
harlem, new york city

Details

Status: Released
Release date: October 12, 1972
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount,Motown Productions,Weston Productions,Jobete Productions,Sidney J. Furie Productions,Paramount Pictures,Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures, Sidney J. Furie Productions
Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: $19,726,490
IMDb: tt0068828