Billie Holiday
Acting
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
2021The Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive)
2020Billie
self
2019The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2015Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Self (archive footage)
2013Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2007Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Herself
2006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself
2002Strange Fruit
Self
2002It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
1990Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
1985Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self (archive footage)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1947New Orleans
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1935Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
1933Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene
