Movie: Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

Top 4 Billed Cast

Audra McDonald
Audra McDonald

Lady Day

Shelton Becton
Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers

David Michael Cefalu
David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron

Katie Lynn Cotaya
Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

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    It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.

  • Release Date

    2016-03-12

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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    English
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