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About
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, 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.
Theatrical
Oct 12, 1972
Box Office
$19.7M
Budget
$2.0M
Return
9.9x
Director
Writers
Terence McCloy, Suzanne de Passe
Producers
Music
Studio
Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures, Sidney J. Furie Productions
Original Language
French
Keywords
new york city
brothel
jazz singer or musician
mental breakdown
biography
addiction
tour bus
rape victim
racism
based on memoir or autobiography
period drama
drug overdose
music history
lynching
dying young
black singer
withdrawal
heroin addict
nightclub singer
blues music
billie holiday
harlem, new york city
carnegie hall
rise to fame
wayward girl
death of a musician
music tour
1940s
somber
1930s
following one's dream
desperate
period film
straight jacket
cautionary
black woman
woman's story
disheartening
powerful
woman musician
Cast
Full credits →D
Diana Ross
Billie Holiday
B
Billy Dee Williams
Louis McKay
R
Richard Pryor
Piano Man
J
James T. Callahan
Reg Hanley
P
Paul Hampton
Harry
S
Sid Melton
Jerry
V
Virginia Capers
Mama Holiday
I
Isabel Sanford
The Madame
T
Tracee Lyles
The Prostitute
N
Ned Glass
The Agent
M
Milton Selzer
The Doctor
N
Norman Bartold
The Detective #1
C
Clay Tanner
The Detective #2
J
Jester Hairston
The Butler
B
Bert Kramer
The Policeman
P
Paul Micale
The Maitre d'
B
Byron Kane
The Announcer
B
Barbara Minkus
Radio Actress
K
Kay Lewis
Angela DeMarco
G
George Wyner
The M.C.
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