Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday - Production & Contact Info

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
TV Movie | 59 min | Documentary

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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)

TV Movie | 59 min | Documentary

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday tells us the story of one of jazz's greatest singers ever. Although Billie Holiday lived a life filled with tragedy, this documentary focuses more on her achievements as a singer and her ...See moreLady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday tells us the story of one of jazz's greatest singers ever. Although Billie Holiday lived a life filled with tragedy, this documentary focuses more on her achievements as a singer and her exceptional ability to convey emotions through her voice, rather than going into detail about her drug and alcohol addictions and destructive relationships. Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday features several brilliant performances of Billie Holiday. Colleagues such as Carmen McRae, Annie Ross, Mal Waldron, Buck Clayton, Harry "Sweets" Edison, and Milt Gabler offer their first-hand perspectives. See less

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
David Langston Smyrl Narrator (voice) (as David Smyrl) Narrator (voice) (as David Smyrl) See fewer	ER (1994)
Billie Holiday Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
Ruby Dee Billie Holiday (voice) Billie Holiday (voice) See fewer	American Gangster (2007)
Buck Clayton Self Self See fewer	The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Harry Edison Self (as Harry 'Sweets' Edison) Self (as Harry 'Sweets' Edison) See fewer	Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
Milton Gabler Self (as Milt Gabler) Self (as Milt Gabler) See fewer	Godzilla (I) (1998)
Carmen McRae Self Self See fewer	Real Genius (1985)
Albert Murray Self Self See fewer	12 Minutes (I) (2013)
Annie Ross Self Self See fewer	Short Cuts (1993)
Mal Waldron Self Self See fewer	If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Louis Armstrong Self / performer (archive footage) Self / performer (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Count Basie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pearl Harbor (2001)
Roy Eldridge Self / musician (archive footage) Self / musician (archive footage) See fewer	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Helen Forrest Self / singer (archive footage) Self / singer (archive footage) See fewer	The Rocketeer (1991)
Dorothy Patrick Self / actress (archive footage) Self / actress (archive footage) See fewer	Come to the Stable (1949)
Irene Rich Self / actress (archive footage) Self / actress (archive footage) See fewer	Everybody's Hobby (1939)
Artie Shaw Self / bandleader (archive footage) Self / bandleader (archive footage) See fewer	The Rocketeer (1991)
Bessie Smith Self / singer (archive footage) Self / singer (archive footage) See fewer	Angel Heart (1987)
Ben Webster Self / musician (archive footage) Self / musician (archive footage) See fewer	The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Teddy Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Lester Young Self / musician (archive footage) Self / musician (archive footage) See fewer	On the Road (2012)