Bessie

Bessie - HBO

HBO

Movie

2015

TVMA

Docudrama

Biography

Music

Blues

Blues singer Bessie Smith rises to fame in the 1920s to become a musical legend.

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Cast & Crew

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah Bessie Smith

 Michael Kenneth Williams

Michael Kenneth Williams Jack Gee

 Khandi Alexander

Khandi Alexander Viola

 Mike Epps

Mike Epps Richard

 Tika Sumpter

Tika Sumpter Lucille

 Tory Kittles

Tory Kittles Clarence

 Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt Carl Van Vechten

 Bryan Greenberg

Bryan Greenberg John Hammond

 Charles S. Dutton

Charles S. Dutton William "Pa" Rainey

 Mo'Nique

Mo'Nique Ma Rainey

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