Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Drama
Music
Romance

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

Billie Holiday
Diana Ross
Louis McKay
Billy Dee Williams
The Agent
Ned Glass
The Doctor
Milton Selzer
The Detective #1
Norman Bartold
The Detective #2
C Clay Tanner
The Butler
J Jester Hairston
The Policeman
Bert Kramer
The Maitre d'
Paul Micale
The Singer
M Michele Aller
The Announcer
Byron Kane
Radio Actress
B Barbara Minkus
Piano Man
Richard Pryor
Angela DeMarco
K Kay Lewis
Debbie McGee
H Helen Lewis
The M.C.
George Wyner
The Policewoman
S Shirley Melline
The Jail Guard
T Toby Russ
Hood #1
Larry Duran
Hood #2
E Ernest Robinson
Reporter #1
Don McGovern
Reporter #2
D Dick Poston
Reporter #3
C Charles Woolf
Reg Hanley
James T. Callahan
Denise
D Denise Denise
Aunt Ida
Lynn Hamilton
Vic
V Victor Morosco
The Hawk
R Robert L. Gordy
The Rapist
Harry Caesar
Mrs. Edson
Paulene Myers
Big Ben
Scatman Crothers
Harry
Paul Hampton
Jerry
Sid Melton
Mama Holiday
Virginia Capers
Yvonne
Yvonne Fair
The Madame
Isabel Sanford
The Prostitute
T Tracee Lyles

Crew

Producer
J Jay Weston
Director
Sidney J. Furie
Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand
Director of Photography
J John A. Alonzo
Editor
A Argyle Nelson Jr.
Casting
J Joe Scully
Production Design
C Carl Anderson
Set Decoration
R Reg Allen
Costume Design
R Ray Aghayan
Costume Design
Bob Mackie
Producer
J James S. White
Producer
Brad Dexter
Executive Producer
Berry Gordy
Associate Producer
E Eddie Saeta
Best Boy Electrician
R Randy Glass
Screenplay
C Chris Clark
Screenplay
Suzanne de Passe
Book
W William Dufty
Book
Billie Holiday
Screenplay
T Terence McCloy
Costume Design
N Norma Koch
Hairstylist
C Cherie
Makeup Supervisor
D Don Schoenfeld
Post Production Supervisor
M Millie Moore
Production Manager
E Eddie Saeta
Music Co-Supervisor
G Gil Askey