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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
George Wyner
The M.C.
Richard Pryor
Piano Man
Scatman Crothers
Big Ben
Isabel Sanford
The Madame
Diana Ross
Billie Holiday
Lynn Hamilton
Aunt Ida
Virginia Capers
Mama Holiday
Paulene Myers
Mrs. Edson
Ned Glass
The Agent
Sid Melton
Jerry
Brad Dexter
Jester Hairston
The Butler
Milton Selzer
The Doctor
James T. Callahan
Reg Hanley
Bert Kramer
The Policeman
Byron Kane
The Announcer
Norman Bartold
The Detective #1
Paul Hampton
Harry
Harry Caesar
The Rapist
Don McGovern
Reporter #1
Paul Micale
The Maitre d'
Billie Holiday
Yvonne Fair
Yvonne
Tracee Lyles
The Prostitute
Clay Tanner
The Detective #2
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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