Lady Sings the Blues
October 12, 1972
Overview
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Cast and crew
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Sidney J. Furie
Director
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
TL
Tracee Lyles
The Prostitute
Ned Glass
The Agent
Milton Selzer
The Doctor
Norman Bartold
The Detective #1
CT
Clay Tanner
The Detective #2
JH
Jester Hairston
The Butler
Bert Kramer
The Policeman
Paul Micale
The Maitre d'
MA
Michele Aller
The Singer
Byron Kane
The Announcer
BM
Barbara Minkus
Radio Actress
KL
Kay Lewis
Angela DeMarco
HL
Helen Lewis
Debbie McGee
George Wyner
The M.C.
SM
Shirley Melline
The Policewoman
TR
Toby Russ
The Jail Guard
LD
Larry Duran
Hood #1
ER
Ernest Robinson
Hood #2
Don McGovern
Reporter #1
DP
Dick Poston
Reporter #2
CW
Charles Woolf
Reporter #3
DD
Denise Denise
Denise
Lynn Hamilton
Aunt Ida
VM
Victor Morosco
Vic
RLG
Robert L. Gordy
The Hawk
Harry Caesar
The Rapist
Paulene Myers
Mrs. Edson
Scatman Crothers
Big Ben