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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

66 %|Mar 31, 2021|Music, Drama, History

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

Featured Crew

Johann Hari
Book
Lee Daniels
Producer
Johann Hari
Executive Producer
Dennis Stratton
Executive Producer
Patty Long
Executive Producer
Paolo Nieddu
Costume Designer
Jahil Fisher
Co-Producer
H.H. Cooper
Co-Producer

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Cast

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Andra Day
Billie Holiday
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Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
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Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
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Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
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Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
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Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
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Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
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Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
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Evan Ross
Agent Williams
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Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
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Tone Bell
John Levy
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Blake DeLong
Agent Carter
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Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe
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Ray Shell
Carl The Drummer
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Dusan Dukic
Joe Glaser
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Kate MacLellan
Working Class Woman
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Kwasi Songui
Working Class Man
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Orville Thompson
Auditioning Sax Player
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Jeff Corbett
Congressman JP Thomas
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Robert Alan Beuth
Congressman J. Rankin
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Randy Davison
Senator J. McCarthy
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Kevin Hanchard
Louis Armstrong
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Jono Townsend
Guitar Player
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Morgan Moore
Bass Player
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Furly Mac
Elevator Attendant
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Andrew Zadel
Agent McDermott
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Tristan D. Lalla
Mr. Jordon Green
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Alex Bisping
Bailiff #1
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Don Anderson
Judge Ganey
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Sylvia Stewart
Stink-Eye Inmate
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Daphné Archer
Jail Dishwasher
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Anita Lee
Fighting Woman
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Tony Chao
Fighting Man
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Linda Sauvé
Receptionist
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Alain Goulem
Ed Fishman
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Ramona Clyke
Miss Mona
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Laurent Beaudin
Ed Fishman's Assistant
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Alika Autran
Martha Anslinger
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Kim Feeney
Lady In Audience
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Richard Jutras
Uptown Restaurant Maître d'
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Jonathan Higgins
Defense Lawyer Erlich
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Marc Essertaize
Bailiff #2
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Nealla Gordon
Courthouse Reporter
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Len Blavatnik
Club Owner
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Taryn Brown
Billie (10 years old)
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Zuri Hawkins
Little Girl in Brothel
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Elizabeth Eveillard
Prostitute 1923
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Penande Estime
Hanging Woman
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Elikya Tupula
Young Daughter
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Joe Cobden
George Jessel
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Ronda Louis-Jeune
Jimmy's Girlfriend
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Donald Fullilove
Additional Voices (voice)