Dinah Washington

Respect

In Theaters December 25, 2020

Mary J. Blige will play the role of Dinah Washington (born Ruth Lee Jones; August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was an American singer and pianist, who has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s". A jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a wide variety of styles including blues,R&B, and traditional pop music, and gave herself the title of "Queen of the Blues". She was a 1986 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.