Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
Documentary
TV Movie
59m
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by actress Ruby Dee) and interviews with artists who played with her (pianist Mal Waldron, trumpeter Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison), Milt Gabler (owner of Commodore and a producer at Decca), author Albert Murray and vocalists Carmen McRae and Annie Ross.
Directed by:
Matthew SeigWriter:
Robert O'Meally
1 total credit
Credits include: Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Starring:
Ruby Dee
63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
2 total credits
Credits include: Jammin' the Blues and Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
2 total credits
Credits include: A Great Day in Harlem and Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
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Directed by:
Matthew SeigWriter:
Robert O'Meally 1 total credit
Credits include: Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Starring:
Ruby Dee 63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
2 total credits
Credits include: Jammin' the Blues and Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
2 total credits
Credits include: A Great Day in Harlem and Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
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