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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Overview
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.
Rated R | Length 144 minutes
Actors
Diana Ross | Billy Dee Williams | Richard Pryor | James T. Callahan | Paul Hampton | Sid Melton | Virginia Capers | Yvonne Fair | Isabel Sanford | Tracee Lyles | Ned Glass | Milton Selzer | Norman Bartold | Clay Tanner | Jester Hairston | Bert Kramer | Paul Micale | Michele Aller | Byron Kane | Barbara Minkus | Kay Lewis | Helen Lewis | George Wyner | Shirley Melline | Toby Russ | Larry Duran | Ernest Robinson | Don McGovern | Dick Poston | Charles Woolf | Denise Denise | Lynn Hamilton | Victor Morosco | Robert L. Gordy | Harry Caesar | Paulene Myers | Scatman Crothers