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Bessie is a 2015 HBO TV film about the American blues singer Bessie Smith, and focuses on her transformation as a struggling young singer into "The Empress of the Blues". The film is directed by Dee Rees, [1] with a screenplay by Rees, Christopher Cleveland and Bettina Gilois. Queen Latifah stars as Smith, and supporting roles are played by ...
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May 16, 2015 · Smith had informally adopted a son—a six-year-old boy, who she had named Jack, Jr. Even Jack Gee had welcomed the addition at first, according to biographer Jennifer Warner in Queen of the Blues ...
May 18, 2015 · The true story confirms that Bessie's mother, Laura Smith, died when Bessie was eight or nine. Her father, William Smith, had died when she was a baby. Like in the movie, her oldest sister, Viola, assumed the responsibility of raising her and her four other siblings: Andrew, Lulu, Tinnie, and Clarence. -'Bessie' by Chris Albertson.
May 16, 2015 · At the start of HBO’s Bessie, the woman who would become the Empress of Blues is just another singer enduring heckles on an Atlanta stage.But by a mere 20 minutes later in the film's runtime ...
The creator of The Bessie Stringfield All Female Ride and Founder/National President of The Bessie Belles Riding Club Inc. Tameka has been riding for over 17 years and she has dedicated most of her riding time to promoting Bessie’s legacy by empowering other women to ride long distance. Tameka is a retired Air Force veteran of over 20 years ...
Years active. 1912–1937. Labels. Columbia. Okeh. Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often ...
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May 15, 2015 · Reportedly in the making for 22 years from a script by Horton Foote, it’s easy to see why “Bessie” was a film inevitability. This is a great story of a relatively unheralded talent. And everyone involved should be grateful that Queen Latifah agreed to take on this challenging role, one that she had reportedly been circling for over a decade.
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