The Ladies Sing the Blues (1988)

Synopsis: Once-in-a-lifetime performances by the ladies who created an art form which endures forever. Filmed performances of the divas of jazz and the blues: Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith (in her only film... Once-in-a-lifetime performances by the ladies who created an art form which endures forever. Filmed performances of the divas of jazz and the blues: Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith (in her only film appearance), Dinah Washington, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Ethel Waters, Ida Cox, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Connee Boswell, Ruth Brown and Helen Humes. [More]

Starring: Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne

Starring: Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan