Billie Holiday
Acting
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. Billie Holiday appeared in four feature films and many television shows.
Known for
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movieThe Magic Voices of Pop
2021
Self (archive)
tvThis Is Pop
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieBillie
2020
self
movieThe Apollo
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieBillie Holiday: A Sensation
2015
Self (archive footage)
movieQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
Self (archive footage)
movieIt's Black Entertainment
2002
Self (archive footage)
tvJazz
2001
Self (archive footage)
movieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
Self (archive footage)
movieArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
Self (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
movieNew Orleans
1947
Endie
movieSymphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
movieEmperor Jones
1933
Extra in Nightclub Scene
