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The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday. Cast: Billie Holiday: Diana Ross Louis McKay: Billy Dee Williams Piano Man: Richard Pryor Reg Hanley: James T. Callahan Harry: Paul Hampton Jerry: Sid Melton Mama Holiday: Virginia Capers Yvonne: Yvonne Fair The Madame: Isabel Sanford The Prostitute: Tracee Lyles The Agent: Ned Glass The Doctor: Milton Selzer The Detective 1: Norman Bartold The Detective 2: Clay Tanner The Butler: Jester Hairston The Policeman: Bert Kramer The Maitre d': Paul Micale The Singer: Mavis The Announcer: Byron Kane Radio Actress: Barbara Minkus Angela DeMarco: Kay Lewis Debbie McGee: Helen Lewis The M.C.: George Wyner The Policewoman: Shirley Melline The Jail Guard: Toby Russ Hood 1: Larry Duran Hood 2: Ernest Robinson Reporter 1: Don McGovern Reporter 2: Dick Poston Reporter 3: Charles Woolf Denise: Denise Denise Aunt Ida: Lynn Hamilton Vic: Victor Morosco The Hawk: Robert L. Gordy The Rapist: Harry Caesar Mrs. Edson: Paulene Myers Big Ben: Scatman Crothers Minor Role: Toni Vaz Recording Engineer: Tony Regan Restaurant Patron: George Golden Theatre Patron: Bob Harks Louis's Date: Jayne Kennedy Concert Spectator: Norman Stevans Reporter: Bill Scully Dean and Dean's waiter: Eddie Smith Written by: Chris Clark, Suzanne De Passe, William Dufty Director: Sidney J. Furie Production: Weston Productions, Jobete Productions, Motown Productions, Paramount Pictures, Sidney J. Furie Productions Release date: 12 Oct 1972 Box Office: $6,028,486