Plot: Tonight Arena presents the first film portrait of the greatest of all the jazz singers. Billie Holiday's tragic story, from her traumatic childhood in Baltimore to her premature death in a New York hospital at the age of 44, is told in the words of her closest friends and colleagues - but mostly through the songs themselves

Arena - Season 1 - Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day (Episode 230)
Episode Aired On:
Friday, November 9 1984
40 years ago
Friday, November 9 1984
40 years ago