Lady Sings the Blues

1972 PG-13 2h 24m

6.9 / 10 75

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6.9/10

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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.

Director Sidney J. Furie

Writers

Chris Clark Suzanne de Passe William Dufty

Stars

Diana Ross Billy Dee Williams Richard Pryor

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Geronimo1967 5 Jul 2025

7/10

I’ve never really be an huge fan of Diana Ross’s voice, but there’s no getting away from her personable and visceral performance here as the flawed jazz musician Billie Holliday. With Motown’s Berry Gordy at the helm it was always going to lead on the music and it does that effectively too for the most part whilst giving us the basic bones of her turbulent battle with narcotics. We start in that p...