Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

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Directed by

Sidney J. Furie

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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

Isabel Sanford
The Madame

Written by

Suzanne De Passe
screenplay

Billie Holiday
book

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The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer Billie Holiday.

Release date: 12 October 1972
UPC: 097360837445

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"Diana Ross Diana Ross was never the best singer on the Motown roster; in fact, she wasn’t even the best singer in The Supremes. Yet, her musical career has certainly eclipsed her shaky movie career. Still, all of her talents came to a zenith with Sidney J. Furie’s 1972 biography of Billie Holiday, Lady Sings the Blues. The film follows Holiday from the age of 14, working as a maid in a brothel, to her triumphant concert at Carnegie Hall in 1948, when she was 33, and Ross is completely convin"