Lady Sings the Blues
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
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Pryor
James T. Callahan
Paul Hampton
Sid Melton
Virginia Capers
Yvonne Fair
Isabel Sanford
Tracee Lyles
Ned Glass
Milton Selzer
Norman Bartold
Clay Tanner
Jester Hairston
Bert Kramer
Paul Micale
Michele Aller
Byron Kane
Barbara Minkus
Kay Lewis
Helen Lewis
George Wyner
Shirley Melline
Toby Russ
Larry Duran
Ernest Robinson
Don McGovern
Dick Poston
Charles Woolf
Denise Denise
Lynn Hamilton
Victor Morosco
Robert L. Gordy
Harry Caesar
Paulene Myers
Scatman Crothers
