Lady Sings the Blues

Release Date:

Oct 12, 1972

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:24

Genre:

Biography

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Cast:

Diana Ross	Billie Holliday
Billy Dee Williams	Louis McKay
Richard Pryor	Piano Man
James Callahan
Paul Hampton	Harry
Sid Melton	Jerry
Virginia Capers	Mama Holliday
Yvonne Fair	Yvonne
Scatman Crothers	Big Ben
Robert L. Gordy	Hawk
Harry Caesar	The Rapist
Milton Selzer	The Doctor
Ned Glass	Agent
Pauline Myers	Mrs. Edson
Isabel Sanford	First Madame

Producers:

Jay Weston , James S. White

Writers:

Chris Clark, Suzanne De Passe, Terence Mc Cloy

Billie Holiday goes from Harlem brothel maid to heroin-addicted singing star, losing the man she loves.

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