 
		Lady Sings the Blues
Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.
1972 en 144 minutes
Rating: 6.899
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.
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Cast
 
	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
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