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Lady Sings the Blues

"Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born."

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Ratings & Reviews

TMDB
6.9/10
74 votes
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Awards & Recognition

Critical acclaim and industry honors

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0

Wins

📋

5

Nominations

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Academy Awards

📋 5 nominations
Nominated
Best Actress
Best Costume Design
Best Production Design
Best Original Song Score
Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Box Office Performance

Financial performance & earnings

Budget

$2.0M

Production Cost

Worldwide

$19.7M

Global Box Office

Profit

+$17.7M

ROI: +886%

Budget Recovery986% of budget
$0|Budget: $2.0M|Revenue: $19.7M

Popularity Trend(Wikipedia)

60-Day Views

12.8K

Daily Avg

213

7-Day Trend

-5%
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Based On

Lady Sings the Blues

literary work

Filming Locations

Where this movie was filmed

Los Angeles
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Story Setting

Set In
New York City

Themes & Subjects

#billieholiday

Extended Crew & Production

Cinematography

John A. Alonzo

Film Editing

Argyle Nelson Jr.

Music / Score

Gil Askey

Costume Design

Bob MackieRay AghayanNorma Koch

Production Design

Carl Anderson

Production Companies

de Passe Entertainment

Distributors

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specifications

Color

color

Where to Watch Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues is not available on any streaming service at the moment.

Age Ratings by Country

United StatesR

Production

Director

Sidney J. Furie

Writers

Suzanne de Passe, William Dufty, Chris Clark, Billie Holiday, Terence McCloy

Production Companies

Weston ProductionsJobete ProductionsMotown ProductionsParamount PicturesSidney J. Furie Productions

Cast

Diana Ross photo

Diana Ross

Billie Holiday

Billy Dee Williams photo

Billy Dee Williams

Louis McKay

Richard Pryor photo

Richard Pryor

Piano Man

James T. Callahan photo

James T. Callahan

Reg Hanley

Paul Hampton photo

Paul Hampton

Harry

Sid Melton photo

Sid Melton

Jerry

Virginia Capers photo

Virginia Capers

Mama Holiday

Yvonne Fair photo

Yvonne Fair

Yvonne

Isabel Sanford photo

Isabel Sanford

The Madame

No Image

Tracee Lyles

The Prostitute

Ned Glass photo

Ned Glass

The Agent

Milton Selzer photo

Milton Selzer

The Doctor

Tags & Keywords

new york citybrotheljazz singer or musicianmental breakdownbiographyaddictionrape victimtour busracismbased on memoir or autobiographyperiod dramadrug overdosemusic historylynchingdying young

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