Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
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Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.
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.
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Billie Holiday
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Louis McKay
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Piano Man
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Reg Hanley
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Harry
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Jerry
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Mama Holiday
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Yvonne
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The Madame
Status Released
Original Language English
Budget $2,000,000.00
Revenue $19,726,490.00
Keywords
- new york city
- brothel
- jazz singer or musician
- mental breakdown
- biography
- addiction
- tour bus
- rape victim
- 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
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