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Lady Sings the Blues
1972, Oct 12
2h 24m
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
Directed by
Sidney J. Furie
Billy Dee Williams
Louis McKay
Richard Pryor
Piano Man
George Wyner
The M.C.
Diana Ross
Billie Holiday
Scatman Crothers
Big Ben
James T. Callahan
Reg Hanley
Lynn Hamilton
Aunt Ida
Milton Selzer
The Doctor
Ned Glass
The Agent
Virginia Capers
Mama Holiday
Brad Dexter
Norman Bartold
The Detective #1
Isabel Sanford
The Madame
Sid Melton
Jerry
Paul Hampton
Harry
Paulene Myers
Mrs. Edson
Harry Caesar
The Rapist
Paul Micale
The Maitre d'
Bert Kramer
The Policeman
Byron Kane
The Announcer
Don McGovern
Reporter #1
Billie Holiday
Yvonne Fair
Yvonne
Tracee Lyles
The Prostitute
Clay Tanner
The Detective #2
Jester Hairston
The Butler
Barbara Minkus
Radio Actress
Kay Lewis
Angela DeMarco
Helen Lewis
Debbie McGee
Shirley Melline
The Policewoman
Toby Russ
The Jail Guard
Larry Duran
Hood #1
Charles Woolf
Reporter #3
Denise Denise
Denise
Victor Morosco
Vic
Robert L. Gordy
The Hawk
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