Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972) - Drama Movies 144 minutes. . 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. 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
Released: Oct 12, 1972
Runtime: 144 minutes
Stars: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton
Crew: Sidney J. Furie (Director), Jay Weston (Producer), Cherie (Hairstylist), Suzanne de Passe (Screenplay), William Dufty (Book), Millie Moore (Post Production Supervisor)
