Lady Sings the Blues
1972-10-12

Lady Sings the Blues

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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Diana RossBilly Dee WilliamsRichard PryorJames T. CallahanPaul HamptonSid MeltonVirginia CapersYvonne FairIsabel SanfordTracee LylesNed GlassMilton SelzerNorman BartoldClay TannerJester HairstonBert KramerPaul MicaleMichele AllerByron KaneBarbara MinkusKay LewisHelen LewisGeorge WynerShirley MellineToby RussLarry DuranErnest RobinsonDon McGovernDick PostonCharles WoolfDenise DeniseLynn HamiltonVictor MoroscoRobert L. GordyHarry CaesarPaulene MyersScatman Crothers

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