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Lady Sings the Blues

Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.

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Lady Sings the Blues — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • October 12, 1972
  • Runtime
  • 144 min
  • Genres
  • Drama, Music
  • Director
  • Sidney J. Furie

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Lady Sings the Blues — Cast

Diana Ross photo Diana Ross Billie Holiday Billy Dee Williams photo Billy Dee Williams Louis McKay Richard Pryor photo Richard Pryor Piano Man James T. Callahan photo James T. Callahan Reg Hanley Paul Hampton Harry Sid Melton photo Sid Melton Jerry Virginia Capers photo Virginia Capers Mama Holiday Yvonne Fair photo Yvonne Fair Yvonne

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