Lady Sings the Blues 1972

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.

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