Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
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Plot.
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
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Cast & Crew.
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
Sidney J. Furie
Director
Jay Weston
Producer
Cherie
Hairstylist
Suzanne de Passe
Screenplay
William Dufty
Book
Millie Moore
Post Production Supervisor
Don Schoenfeld
Makeup Supervisor
Chris Clark
Screenplay
Norma Koch
Costume Design
Billie Holiday
Book
Terence McCloy
Screenplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 12, 1972
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 24m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsLos Angeles, United States of America
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
biography
music history
racism
new york
heroin addict
period drama
1940s
1930s
brothel
rape victim
mental breakdown
harlem
addiction
music tour
jazz musician
desperate
based on memoir or autobiography
tour bus
drug overdose
following one's dream
lynching
death of a musician
withdrawal
nightclub singer
blues music
rise to fame
former prostitute
carnegie hall
wayward girl
dying young
black singer
period film
somber
billie holiday
cautionary
cultural icon
black woman
woman's story
woman musician
powerful
disheartening
loosely based on historical events
straight jacket
deep south racism
kkk rally
Wiki.
Lady Sings the Blues is a 1972 American biographical drama film directed by Sidney J. Furie about jazz singer Billie Holiday, loosely based on her 1956 autobiography which, in turn, took its title from Holiday's song. It was produced by Motown Productions for Paramount Pictures. Diana Ross, in her feature film debut, portrayed Holiday, alongside a cast including Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, and Scatman Crothers. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards in 1973, including Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diana Ross.
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