Jul 18, 2025 · With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Bessie Kondelis (Glenview, Illinois), who passed away on July 13, 2025. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of …

Bessie Smith (Queen Latifah) is a young singer from Chattanooga, Tennessee. She and her siblings are orphaned when their parents, William and Laura, die, leaving their oldest sister, Viola (Khandi …

Bessie: Directed by Dee Rees. With Queen Latifah, Kamryn Johnson, Rikki McKinney, Alan T. Coleman. The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

Queen Latifah stars as Bessie Smith in this vivid portrait of the legendary 20th century blues singer.

Blues singer Bessie Smith (Queen Latifah) rises to fame in the 1920s to become a musical legend.

Bessie Kondelis (nee Nicopoulos), 102, passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on July 13, 2025, surrounded by her family.

Subscribe to the HBO YouTube: http://itsh.bo/10qIqsjHBO Films presents Bessie, focusing on legendary blues singer Bessie Smith, Saturday, May 16 at 8PM.The o...

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".

May 15, 2015 · Bessie Smith was a vaudeville smash in the 1920s, successful enough to have her own train on which she toured the country, and to inspire Nina Simone and Billie Holliday.

Queen Latifah stars as Bessie Smith in this vivid portrait of the legendary 20th century blues singer.