Billie Holiday
Acting1915Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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
Acting History
2021
This Is Pop
TVas Self (archive footage)
2020
2019
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
as Herself
2002
2001
Jazz
TVas Self (archive footage)• 10 eps
1985
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1972
1971
Diary Films I - V
Music
1947
New Orleans
as Endie
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
1933
Emperor Jones
as Extra in Nightclub Scene