Lady Sings the Blues It s not particularly true, but I think you ll enjoy it, said Billie Holiday of the biography adapted into the biopic of the same name, which catapulted singer Ross into an Oscar-nominated movie star, Berry Gordy s assistant Suzanne de Passe into a producer and Billy Dee Williams into the Black Clark Gable.
On Sunday night at the 93rd Academy Awards, when Andra Day is singled out as a best actress nominee for her performance as Billie Holiday in
The United States vs. Billie Holiday, veteran Oscar watchers might well experience a moment of déjà vu. Forty-eight years ago, another popular singer, Diana Ross, was sitting in that same seat, having been nominated for her breakthrough portrayal of Holiday in 1972’s