Billie Holiday
Born: 1915-04-07 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1959-07-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2021
- This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Sweet Thing ... (Music)
- Billie as self
- Strange Fruit ... (Writer)
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
- Strange Fruit as Self
- It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- Billie on Billie as Herself
2001
- Jazz as Self (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1972
- Lady Sings the Blues ... (Book)
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