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Anita O’Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 2007 · 90 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Ian McCrudden, Robbie Cavolina
- Starring
- John Cameron Mitchell, Annie Ross, Will Friedwald, Margaret Whiting, Johnny Mandel, Leonard Feather
She survived poverty, heroin addiction and jail time to become a revered jazz singer. The film follows Anita O’Day’s life, noting a childhood tonsillectomy that removed her uvula, ending vibrato and sustained notes but creating her signature percussive style. Defying that limitation, she built a prolific, acclaimed 20th‑century jazz career.
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