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Lady Sings the Blues
Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.
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.
- Year: 1972
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
- Studio: Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures, Sidney J. Furie Productions
- Keyword: biography, racist, based on memoir or autobiography, nightclub owner, withdrawal, blues music, harlem, new york city, angry, 1940s, somber, 1930s, desperate, cautionary, incredulous, bitter, disheartening, powerful
- Director: Sidney J. Furie
- Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton