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TrailerDiana Ross plays the magnificent, tragic song stylist Billie Holiday, who while writhing in a strait jacket in a prison cell, awaiting sentencing on drug charges, tells the story of her troubled life and career.Actors: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Yvonne Fair, Isabel Sanford, Tracee Lyles, Ned Glass, ...»Director: Sidney J. FurieCountry: United StatesDuration: 144 minQuality: SDRelease: 1972IMDb: 7.0Rating(2) Voted0 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Billie HolidayPlayed by: Diana Ross
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Critic Reviews of "Lady Sings the Blues"
Hollywood ReporterJanuary 24, 2006Ross conveys the vulnerability and determination of her character across a very believable arc of maturation.
New York TimesMay 09, 2005How is it possible for a movie that is otherwise so dreadful to contain such a singularly attractive performance in the title role?
Chicago Sun-TimesOctober 23, 2004The movie is filled with many of the great Billie Holiday songs, and Ross handles them in an interesting way. She doesn't sing in her own style, and she never tries to imitate Holiday, but she sings somehow in the manner of Holiday.
Chicago ReaderJanuary 01, 2000Clearly, it's an affront to Holiday's art, but just as clearly, it's a good piece of low entertainment.
EmanuelLevy.ComJune 30, 2011Though she doesn't look or sing as Billie Holiday, Diana Rosss gives a commendable performance in this fictionalized biopic, for which she received an Oscar noimination.
TV GuideOctober 03, 2006View this film about Billie Holiday as a completely fictional story, and you'll enjoy it far more than you would otherwise.
ColeSmithey.comJanuary 25, 2006Ross so perfectly captures the essence of Billie Holiday's vocal style that it sends chills down your spine.
Slant MagazineOctober 28, 2005Berry Gordy's gift to Diana Ross was this lavish, bloated Billie Holiday biopic.
Filmcritic.comOctober 07, 2005Ross and director Sidney J. Furie seem to feel that the slower the song, the more serious the mood, so at times the film seems to be grinding almost to a halt
Kansas City KansanNovember 01, 2004Great score, great singing, but overdramatic thanks to Ross.
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