Bessie Smith
Born: 1894-04-15 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Died: 1937-09-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
Filmography
2025
- Memories ... (Music)
2024
- STAIN ... (Music)
2004
- The Story Of The Blues as Self (archive footage)
2002
- It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
2001
- A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999
- Blues Masters as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music as Self (archive footage)
- Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
1929
- St. Louis Blues as Bessie - Battered Wife