Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.

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.

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  • Release Date: 1972-10-12
  • Runtime: 2h 24min
  • Director: Sidney J. Furie

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Cast

  • Diana Ross

    Billie Holiday

  • Billy Dee Williams

    Louis McKay

  • Richard Pryor

    Piano Man

  • James T. Callahan

    Reg Hanley

  • Paul Hampton

    Harry

  • Sid Melton

    Jerry

  • Virginia Capers

    Mama Holiday

  • Yvonne Fair

    Yvonne

  • Isabel Sanford

    The Madame

  • Tracee Lyles

    The Prostitute

  • Ned Glass

    The Agent

  • Milton Selzer

    The Doctor

  • Norman Bartold

    The Detective #1

  • Clay Tanner

    The Detective #2

  • Jester Hairston

    The Butler

  • Bert Kramer

    The Policeman

  • Paul Micale

    The Maitre d'

  • Michele Aller

    The Singer

  • Byron Kane

    The Announcer

  • Barbara Minkus

    Radio Actress

  • Kay Lewis

    Angela DeMarco

  • Helen Lewis

    Debbie McGee

  • George Wyner

    The M.C.

  • Shirley Melline

    The Policewoman

  • Toby Russ

    The Jail Guard

  • Larry Duran

    Hood #1

  • Ernest Robinson

    Hood #2

  • Don McGovern

    Reporter #1

  • Dick Poston

    Reporter #2

  • Charles Woolf

    Reporter #3

  • Denise Denise

    Denise

  • Lynn Hamilton

    Aunt Ida

  • Victor Morosco

    Vic

  • Robert L. Gordy

    The Hawk

  • Harry Caesar

    The Rapist

  • Paulene Myers

    Mrs. Edson

  • Scatman Crothers

    Big Ben

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