🎭 Actor
Duke Ellington
🎂 Born 29 April 1899 (age 75)✝ 24 May 1974📍 Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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Popularity Score
48
Acting Credits
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Known For
Full Filmography(48 films)
YearTitleRating
2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat★ 7.71959Anatomy of a Murder★ 7.82019The Apollo★ 6.42018The Jazz Ambassadors★ 7.02019The Green Book: Guide to Freedom★ 7.81934Murder at the Vanities★ 5.62014Jazz Legends in Their Own Words—2002It's Black Entertainment★ 8.72003Piano Blues★ 6.51966The Strolling '20s—1943Reveille with Beverly★ 7.51934Belle of the Nineties★ 6.11943Cabin in the Sky★ 6.51935Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life★ 6.82022Charlie Parker: Bird Songs★ 6.82024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story—1937The Hit Parade★ 6.31930Check and Double Check★ 5.71991The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)—1941Birth of the Blues★ 6.21934Hollywood on Parade No. B-10—1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen—1934Many Happy Returns★ 5.31987Moments without Proper Names★ 7.72007Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58—2014Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989★ 0.51956Jazz Ball★ 8.02004The Story Of The Blues★ 4.22005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection—2004Improvisation—2004The Harlem Renaissance★ 6.01969Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969—2008Jazz Evolution★ 6.01942Bli-Blip★ 8.01966The First World Festival of Negro Arts★ 7.02021Duke Ellington in Isfahan—2003The Intimate Duke Ellington—2007Alice Babs - Swing It!—1942Jam Session★ 6.31941Hot Chocolate★ 7.62003Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens—1933A Bundle of Blues★ 6.12000Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943—2019Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live—1929Black and Tan★ 6.41991The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington—2005Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling—1966Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro★ 8.0