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
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (2022) (concert)
The Wiz (1978)
Billy Dee Williams
USA
Best movies:
Richard Pryor
USA
Best movies:
Lost Highway (1997)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Blue Collar (1978)
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)
Winners Take All (1987)
Sid Melton
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
Scatman Crothers
USA
Best movies:
Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (1975)
The Shining (1980)
Roots (1977) (series)
George Wyner
USA
Best movies:
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
All the President's Men (1976)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
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
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
North and South (1985) (series)
A Few Good Men (1992)
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
Poland
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Charade (1963)
Jester Hairston
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Paulene Myers
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Norman Bartold
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Rencontres du troisième type (1977)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Milton Selzer
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Young Savages (1961)
Capricorn One (1977)
Lynn Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Shadows (1958)
Larry Duran
USA
Best movies:
Les Sept Mercenaires (1960)
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Dirty Harry (1971)
Bert Kramer
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Little Nemo (1989)