The United States vs. Billie Holiday on Hulu is based on the true story of Billie Holiday, Jimmy Fletcher, Tallulah Bankhead, and the war on drugs.

Billie Holiday, Tallulah Bankhead and more appear in Lee Daniel's movie 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday,' streaming now on Hulu. See the full cast list and how the movie's depiction ...

Almost 50 years after “Lady Sings the Blues,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” revisits the singer’s career, through the lens of the feds hounding her. The result is a disjointed ...

The United States vs. Billie Holiday opens in 1947, around ... including a fixation on Holiday’s abusive relationships with certain men and her same-sex affair with actress Tallulah Bankhead ...

The introduction of Holiday’s friend and occasional lover Tallulah Bankhead adds little to the retelling, and under-utilizes the always welcome presence of Natasha Lyonne in the role.

The best parts of “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” take place in ... (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), Miss Freddy (Miss Lawrence) and Tallulah Bankhead (Natasha Lyonne) — Billie is witty ...

Andra Day as Billie Holiday in the new film. CREDIT: Sky. But after speaking to Daniels and reading the screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, Day changed her mind.

There are few legends whose lives have been as mythologized as Billie Holiday’s. ... Tallulah Bankhead, and Orson Welles, the “finest cat” she ever met. Pugnacious as she was precocious, ...

Directed by Lee Daniels and written by Suzan Lori-Parks, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” is a film about a brilliant artist and drug addict that seems less interested in the art than in the ...

Almost 50 years after “Lady Sings the Blues,” “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” revisits the singer’s career, through the lens of the feds hounding her. The result is a disjointed ...