Release Date: 1972
R|2 hr 24 min
Plot Summary
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.
Cast: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James Callahan, Paul Hampton, Sid Melton, Virginia Capers, Yvonne Fair
Director: Sidney Furie
Genres: Biography, Music
Production Co: Weston Productions, Paramount Pictures, Motown Productions, Jobete Productions, Sidney J. Furie Productions
Keywords: Fall, New York City, Friend, 1930s, Brooding, 1940s, Transformation, Emotional, 1950s, Rise
