Lady Sings the Blues by Sidney J. Furie
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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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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
Victor Morosco as Vic
Robert L. Gordy as The Hawk
Harry Caesar as The Rapist
Paulene Myers as Mrs. Edson
Scatman Crothers as Big Ben
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