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Lady Sings the Blues
(1972)Drama, Music
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2hrs 24m
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.
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LADY SINGS THE BLUES Trailer 1972 music by MICHEL LEGRAND
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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
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