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Lady Sings The Blues

1972, Movie, R, 144 mins

Year: 1972
Rated R
Parental Rating: Objectionable for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 144
Format: Color
Genre(s): Biography; Musical
Production Co(s).: Furie; Motown; Weston
Released By: Paramount

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Actress - Diana Ross
Academy Award Nominee: Best Art Direction - Set Decoration
Academy Award Nominee: Best Costume Design - Bob Mackie, Ray Aghayan, Norma Koch
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Story and Screenplay - Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne DePasse
Academy Award Nominee: Best Song Score - Gil Askey (Adaptation)

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Cast
Diana Ross: Billie Holiday
Billy Dee Williams: Louis McKay
Richard Pryor: Piano Man
James Callahan: Reg Hanley
Paul Hampton: Harry
Sid Melton: Jerry
Virginia Capers: Mama Holiday
Yvonne Fair: Yvonne
Scatman Crothers: Big Ben
Robert L. Gordy: Hawk
Milton Selzer: The Doctor
Ned Glass: The Agent
Paulene Myers: Mrs. Edson
Isabel Sanford: First Madame
Tracee Lyles: Whore
Norman Bartold: Detective
Clay Tanner
Jester Hairston
Bert Kramer
Paul Micale
Michelle Aller
Byron Kane
Barbara Minkus
Kay Lewis
Helen Lewis
George Wyner
Shirley Melline
Toby Russ
Larry Duran
Ernie Robinson
Don McGovern
Dick Poston
Charles Woolf
Denise Denise
Lynn Hamilton
Victor Morosco

Credits
Sidney J. Furie: Director
Chris Clark: Writer
Terence McCloy: Writer
Suzanne De Passe: Writer - based on the book by Billie Holiday, William Dufty
William Dufty: Source
Billie Holiday: Source
Jay Weston: Producer
James S. White: Producer
Berry Gordy: Exec. Producer
John A. Alonzo: Cinematographer - Panavision, Eastmancolor
Argyle Nelson: Editor
Michel Legrand: Musical Composer
Carl Anderson: Production Designer
Reg Allen: Set Decorator
Norma Koch: Costumes
Bob Mackie: Costumes
Ray Aghayan: Costumes
Don Schoenfeld: Make Up
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