Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

Pop star Diana Ross portrays legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in this biographical drama. Beginning with Holiday's traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams), 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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Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

French musical composer

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

American actor

Diana Ross

Diana Ross

American singer

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

American singer

Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy

American executive

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

American stand-up comedian

Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford

American film actress

Harry Caesar

Harry Caesar

Actor

Sidney J. Furie

Sidney J. Furie

Canadian film director

Brad Dexter

Brad Dexter

American actor

Billy Dee Williams

Billy Dee Williams

American actor

John A. Alonzo

John A. Alonzo

American cinematographer

Jester Hairston

Jester Hairston

American composer

Lynn Hamilton

Lynn Hamilton

American actress

Suzanne de Passe

Suzanne de Passe

American businesswoman

Ned Glass

Ned Glass

Polish-American character actor

Paulene Myers

Paulene Myers

American actress

Virginia Capers

Virginia Capers

American actress

Sid Melton

Sid Melton

American actor

Milton Selzer

Milton Selzer

American film actor

Clay Tanner

Clay Tanner

American actor

James Callahan

James Callahan

American film actor

Paul Hampton

Paul Hampton

American actor

Legrand

Legrand

Company

Paul Schwartz

Paul Schwartz

American musical composer

Norman Bartold

Norman Bartold

American film actor

Jay Weston

Jay Weston

American film producer

Gil Askey

Gil Askey

American composer

Chris Clark

Chris Clark

American singer