Directed by:
Sidney J. FurieCinematography:
John A. AlonzoComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton, Scatman Crothers, George Wyner, Isabel Sanford, Darlene Conley (more)Plots(1)
The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Diana Ross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273043_ebe37f.jpg)
Diana Ross
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (2022) (concert)
The Wiz (1978)
![Billy Dee Williams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268876_1d6008.jpg)
Billy Dee Williams
USA
Best movies:
![Richard Pryor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267570_34060f.jpg)
Richard Pryor
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Blue Collar (1978)
![James T. Callahan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/512/159512575_91e297.jpg)
James T. Callahan
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Outlaw Blues (1977)
All Fall Down (1962)
Paul Hampton
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
WUSA (1970)
Shivers (1975)
![Sid Melton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/318/159318047_5f02aa.jpg)
Sid Melton
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
![Scatman Crothers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271571_15ad63.jpg)
Scatman Crothers
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Roots (1977) (series)
![George Wyner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/634/158634291_4e867e.jpg)
George Wyner
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
All the President's Men (1976)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
![Isabel Sanford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436938_7d9ce7.jpg)
Isabel Sanford
USA
Best movies:
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The New Centurions (1972)
Darlene Conley
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Birds (1963)
![Harry Caesar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/966/157966790_41ac54.jpg)
Harry Caesar
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
North and South (1985) (series)
A Few Good Men (1992)
![Virginia Capers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741806_a537aa.jpg)
Virginia Capers
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
When You Remember Me (1990) (TV movie)
![Ned Glass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000089_894e14.jpg)
Ned Glass
Poland
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Charade (1963)
![Jester Hairston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/788/168788052_3jvvg6.jpg)
Jester Hairston
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
![Paulene Myers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/370/159370094_c77c97.jpg)
Paulene Myers
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
![Norman Bartold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/482/159482377_adde4a.jpg)
Norman Bartold
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Milton Selzer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/897/159897654_8e778a.jpg)
Milton Selzer
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Capricorn One (1977)
The Young Savages (1961)
![Lynn Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/367/161367996_4d3152.jpg)
Lynn Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Shadows (1958)
![Larry Duran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/717/160717762_b4df8f.jpg)
Larry Duran
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Dirty Harry (1971)
![Bert Kramer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/037/162037220_400662.jpg)
Bert Kramer
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989)