film "Lady Sings the Blues"

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biographical drama film film

"Lady Sings the Blues" is a 1972 biographical drama film starring Diana Ross that chronicles the turbulent life and career of legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday.

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Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues 1
Lady Sings the Blues 1
Lady Sings the Blues (film) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biographical drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Adapted Song Score ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
basedOn Lady Sings the Blues (autobiography) ⓘ
life of Billie Holiday ⓘ
cinematographyBy Michel Hugo ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Sidney J. Furie ⓘ
distributedBy Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Tom Rolf ⓘ
featuresGenre jazz music ⓘ
featuresSong God Bless the Child ⓘ
My Man ⓘ
Strange Fruit ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
musical film ⓘ
hasSequelInSpirit Mahogany (film) ⓘ
leadActorPlays Diana Ross as Billie Holiday ⓘ
leadActress Diana Ross ⓘ
musicBy Michel Legrand ⓘ
narrativeFocus career of Billie Holiday ⓘ
turbulent life of Billie Holiday ⓘ
notableFor Diana Ross’s film debut in a dramatic leading role ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays Billie Holiday ⓘ
producer Berry Gordy ⓘ
James S. White ⓘ
productionCompany Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown Productions
releaseDate 1972-10-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 144 ⓘ
screenwriter Chris Clark ⓘ
Suzanne de Passe ⓘ
Terence McCloy ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
1950s ⓘ
starring Billy Dee Williams ⓘ
Diana Ross ⓘ
James T. Callahan ⓘ
Paul Hampton ⓘ
Richard Pryor ⓘ
Virginia Capers ⓘ
subject Billie Holiday ⓘ

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Billie Holiday → subjectOf → film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ
Diana Ross → notableWork → film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Sings the Blues (film)
Diana Ross → notableRole → film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues
Billy Dee Williams → notableWork → film "Lady Sings the Blues" ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lady Sings the Blues