Genres: Biography, Drama, Music

Keywords: tmdb.biography, tmdb.based-on-memoir-or-autobiography, tmdb.withdrawal, tmdb.blues-music, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.1930s, mdblist.has-trailer + 127 more, imdb.jazz-music, imdb.f-rated, imdb.black-and-white-scene-during-opening-credits, imdb.jazz-score, imdb.ladder-to-the-top, imdb.harlem-manhattan-new-york-city, imdb.carnegie-hall-manhattan-new-york-city, imdb.insult, tmdb.harlem-new-york-city, imdb.brothel, imdb.drug-addiction, imdb.1930s, imdb.lynching, imdb.billie-holiday-character, imdb.singing, imdb.female-protagonist, imdb.tragic-event, imdb.manhattan-new-york-city, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.racial-slur, imdb.prostitution, imdb.piano, imdb.philanderer, imdb.melancholy, imdb.ku-klux-klan, imdb.humiliation, imdb.hanging, imdb.switchblade, imdb.radio-program, imdb.racism, imdb.nightclub-owner, imdb.musician, imdb.murder, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.maid, imdb.drug-withdrawal, imdb.drug-rehabilitation, imdb.drug-dealer, mdblist.fresh, imdb.blockbuster, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.sex-scene, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, tmdb.somber, tmdb.desperate, tmdb.cautionary, tmdb.disheartening, tmdb.powerful, tmdb.new-york-city, tmdb.brothel, tmdb.jazz-singer-or-musician, tmdb.mental-breakdown, tmdb.addiction, tmdb.rape-victim, tmdb.tour-bus, tmdb.racism, tmdb.period-drama, tmdb.drug-overdose, tmdb.music-history, tmdb.lynching, tmdb.dying-young, tmdb.black-singer, tmdb.heroin-addict, tmdb.nightclub-singer, tmdb.billie-holiday, tmdb.carnegie-hall, tmdb.rise-to-fame, tmdb.wayward-girl, tmdb.death-of-a-musician, tmdb.music-tour, tmdb.following-one-s-dream, tmdb.former-prostitute, tmdb.period-film, tmdb.straight-jacket, tmdb.black-woman, tmdb.cultural-icon, tmdb.woman-s-story, tmdb.woman-musician, tmdb.deep-south-racism, tmdb.kkk-rally, imdb.musical-drama, imdb.showbiz-drama, imdb.newspaper-headline-montage, imdb.african-american-female-protagonist, imdb.prison-inmate, imdb.ends-with-death, imdb.drug-abuser, imdb.debt-collector, imdb.nightclub-singer, imdb.biography-film, imdb.love-affair, imdb.anorexia, imdb.based-on-autobiography, imdb.ends-with-death-of-protagonist, imdb.music-drama, imdb.death-of-protagonist, imdb.talent-manager, imdb.heroin-addiction, imdb.female-jazz-singer, imdb.female-singer, imdb.cross-country-tour, imdb.carngie-hall-debut, imdb.musicians, imdb.dying-young, imdb.iv-drug-abuse, imdb.man-beaten-to-death, imdb.based-on-the-book-of-the-same-name, imdb.concert, imdb.bandleader, imdb.baltimore-maryland, imdb.arrest, imdb.straitjacket, imdb.show-business, imdb.rags-to-riches, imdb.racist, imdb.price-of-fame, imdb.pianist, imdb.offscreen-rape, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.marriage, imdb.drunkenness, imdb.compassion, imdb.childhood-trauma, imdb.blaxploitation, aspectratio.2-39-1

Production companies: Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Sidney J. Furie Productions, Paramount Pictures

Country: United States
Languages: English