Ella Fitzgerald
Born: 1917-04-25 in Newport News, Virginia, USA
Died: 1996-06-15
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
Filmography
2025
- Quincy Jones, Music Man as Self (archive footage)
2024
- 60 Songs: BBC Two at 60 as Self (archive footage)
- Ella Fitzgerald at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
2023
- They All Came Out to Montreux as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
- Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things as Self (archive footage)
2017
- JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala as Self
- Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
- Soul Boys of the Western World
- Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas as Self (archive footage)
- Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again as Self
2012
- The Music According to Tom Jobim as Self (archive footage)
- …Sings Musicals as Self (archive footage)
2006
- Legends as Self (archive footage)
- Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 as Self (archive footage)
- Jazz Icons Ella Fitzgerald Live in 57 & 63 as Self
2004
2002
- It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
1995
1990
1989
- The Unforgettable Nat King Cole as Self
1979
1978
- The White Shadow as Maxine Jefferies
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1977
- Previn and the Pittsburgh as Self
1975
- Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 as Self - vocals
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne as Self - Vocals
- Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show as Self
- Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s as Self
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971
- The Pearl Bailey Show as Self
1970
- The Flip Wilson Show as Self
- Andělé pro lady F... as Self
1969
- Das Sonntagskonzert as Self
- Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux 1969 as Self
1968
- Night-Club as Self
1967
- The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest
- Omnibus as Self
- Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim as Self - Singer
1965
- Ella Fitzgerald Swings as Self (archive material)
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings as Self (archive footage)
1964
- Die Drehscheibe as Self
- The Hollywood Palace as Self - Singer
- Ella as Self
1963
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia as Self
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage)
- President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960
- Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Flora
- Ella Fitzgerald Live in Australia as Self - Vocalist
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- The Grammys as Self
- Playboy's Penthouse as Self
1958
- St. Louis Blues as Singer
- The Tender Game ... (Musician)
1956
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1955
- Pete Kelly's Blues as Maggie Jackson
1950
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Improvisation as Self
1948
- Bambi as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1941
- Ride 'Em Cowboy as Ruby