Lady Day - The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

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.

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TheTVDB.com Movie ID 186733
Status Released
Released Germany March 1, 1990 The Netherlands July 27, 1990 United States of America January 1, 2009
Content Rating United States of America G
Runtime 59 minutes
Genres Documentary
Original Country United States of America
Original Language English
Production Company Taurus Film
Distributor Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
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David Langston Smyrl
as Narrator (voice) (as David Smyrl)
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Billie Holiday
as Self (archive footage)
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Ruby Dee
as Billie Holiday (voice)
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Buck Clayton
as Buck Clayton
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Harry Edison
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Milton Gabler
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Carmen McRae
as Carmen McRae
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Albert Murray
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Annie Ross
as Annie Ross
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Mal Waldron
as Mal Waldron
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Matthew Seig

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Toby Byron
Hisao Ebine
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