Lady Sings the Blues Trailer & Clips

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Lady Sings the Blues full movie is released on Oct 12, 1972. Watch Lady Sings the Blues online - the English Biography movie from United States. Lady Sings the Blues is directed by Sidney J. Furie and created by Chris Clark with Diana Ross and Billy Dee Williams.

Born Elinore Harris, Billie Holiday had a difficult teen and young adulthood period, which included working in brothels, both as a cleaning woman and a prostitute, and being raped. Through this difficulty, she dreamed of becoming a jazz singer. She got her initial singing break when she applied at a Harlem club that was looking for a dancer, but where she got hired as a singer. There, she met and fell in love with the suave Louis McKay. After this initial break, Billie wanted her singing career to move to the mainstream clubs in downtown Manhattan. She took a risk when she agreed to be the lead singer for the Reg Hanley Band, a primarily white group, who convinced her that she would have to make her mark in regional tours before her Manhattan dream could happen. As Billie tried to advance her career, pressures of life, including being a black woman, led to her not so secret substance abuse (especially of heroin), not so secret because of her increasingly erratic behavior, both on stage and off. As those around her, including Louis, worked to support Billie emotionally to get off drugs, Billie faced other issues, such as open narcotic use being a criminal offense, which in combination with the effects of the heroin use itself could be Billie's downfall despite her singing talent.

As know as:

I kyria tragouda ta blues, Леди поет блюз, Birî Horidi monogatari/Kimyô na kajitsu, A Lady bluest énekel, Lady sings the blues

Countries:

United States

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures

Taglines:

Diana Ross IS Billie Holiday, Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday and a superstar is born.

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