Billie Holiday
🎭 Actor

Billie Holiday

🎂 Born 7 April 1915 (age 44)✝ 17 July 1959📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits

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

The Apollo
★ 6.4
The Apollo
2019
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
★ 6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
★ 8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Self (archive footage)
New Orleans
★ 6.7
New Orleans
1947
Endie

Full Filmography(18 films)

YearTitleRating
2019The Apollo★ 6.41975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?★ 6.32002It's Black Entertainment★ 8.71947New Orleans★ 6.71935Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life★ 6.81933Emperor Jones★ 5.61985Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got★ 7.72021The Magic Voices of Pop★ 2.01990Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs★ 9.02020Billie★ 6.82002Strange Fruit★ 9.02005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection—2013Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas—2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas—2015Billie Holiday: A Sensation★ 8.01990Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday★ 10.02006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1—2007Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit—
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