Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

144 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Oct. 12, 1972

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.

Lady Sings the Blues

144 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Oct. 12, 1972

Lady Sings the Blues
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Paramount, Motown Productions, Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Sidney J. Furie Productions
Original title Lady Sings the Blues
Directors Sidney J. Furie
Writers Terence McCloy, William Dufty, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe, Billie Holiday

Cast

Diana Ross

as Billie Holiday

Billy Dee Williams

as Louis McKay

Richard Pryor

as Piano Man

James T. Callahan

as Reg Hanley

Paul Hampton

as Harry

Sid Melton

as Jerry

Virginia Capers

as Mama Holiday

Yvonne Fair

as Yvonne

Isabel Sanford

as The Madame

Tracee Lyles

as The Prostitute

Ned Glass

as The Agent

Milton Selzer

as The Doctor

Norman Bartold

as The Detective #1

Clay Tanner

as The Detective #2

Jester Hairston

as The Butler

Bert Kramer

as The Policeman

Paul Micale

as The Maitre d'

Michele Aller

as The Singer

Byron Kane

as The Announcer

Barbara Minkus

as Radio Actress

Kay Lewis

as Angela DeMarco

Helen Lewis

as Debbie McGee

George Wyner

as The M.C.

Shirley Melline

as The Policewoman

Toby Russ

as The Jail Guard

Larry Duran

as Hood #1

Ernest Robinson

as Hood #2

Don McGovern

as Reporter #1

Dick Poston

as Reporter #2

Charles Woolf

as Reporter #3

Denise Denise

as Denise

Lynn Hamilton

as Aunt Ida

Robert L. Gordy

as The Hawk

Harry Caesar

as The Rapist

Paulene Myers

as Mrs. Edson

Scatman Crothers

as Big Ben