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Diana Ross is Billie Holiday. Diana Ross sings Billie Holiday. And a superstar is born.
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.
$2,000,000
$19,726,490
October 12, 1972
Weston Productions, Jobete Productions
37 people
Diana Ross
Billie Holiday
Acting
Billy Dee Williams
Louis McKay
Acting
Richard Pryor
Piano Man
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James T. Callahan
Reg Hanley
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Paul Hampton
Harry
Acting
Sid Melton
Jerry
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Virginia Capers
Mama Holiday
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Yvonne Fair
Yvonne
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Isabel Sanford
The Madame
Acting
Tracee Lyles
The Prostitute
Acting
Ned Glass
The Agent
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Milton Selzer
The Doctor
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