Billie

Billie (2020)

Overview

Billie Holiday is considered as one of the most notable musicians in American music. Through a concoction of music, animation, and never-before-heard interviews done by journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl with Billie's family, friends, former prison inmates, lawyers, and figures such as Tony Bennett, Count Basie, and Charles Mingus, this documentary film tells the colorful life that was led by one of the most recognized jazz vocalists in music history. Directed by James Erskine.

Product Details

Release Date:	02/09/2021
UPC:	0738329252755
Original Release:	2020
Rating:	NR
Source:	Greenwich
Language:	English
Time:	1:36:00
Sales rank:	30,319

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham	Actor
Bessie Smith	Actor
Louis Armstrong	Actor
Harry Edison	Actor
Billy Eckstine	Actor
Peggy Lee	Actor
Barbra Streisand	Actor
Dick Cavett	Actor
Benny Goodman	Actor
Paul Whiteman	Actor
Les Robinson	Actor
Orson Welles	Actor
Sylvia Syms	Voices
Mary Kane	Voices
Count Basie	Voices
Lester Young	Voices
Jo Jones	Voices
Artie Shaw	Voices
Barney Kessel	Voices
Charles Mingus	Voices
James Cross	Voices
Robert Tucker	Voices
Carmen McRae	Voices
Marie Bryant	Voices
Melba Liston	Voices
Ray Ellis	Voices
Milt Hinton	Voices
Hans Mullens	Composer

Technical Credits

Will Clarke	Executive Producer
Sophia Dilley	Executive Producer
Deepak Nayar	Executive Producer
Mike Runagall	Executive Producer