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Billie Holiday
Acting
April 7, 1915(44 years old, passed away)†July 17, 1959Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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 imp…rovisational skills. Billie Holiday appeared in four feature films and many television shows.
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Filmography (23)
SerieThis Is Pop
2021 · Self (archive footage)
SerieJazz
2001 · Self (archive footage)
PeliEmperor Jones
1933 · Extra in Nightclub Scene
PeliBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
PeliIt's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
PeliNew Orleans
1947 · Endie
PeliArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985 · Self (archive footage)
PeliBillie
2020 · self
PeliThe Apollo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
PeliQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013 · Self (archive footage)
PeliStrange Fruit
2002 · Self
PeliThe Magic Voices of Pop
2021 · Self (archive)
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'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951
PeliBillie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005 · Herself
PeliSymphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935 · Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
PeliBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Self (archive footage)
PeliSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
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The Long Night of Lady Day
1984
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Billie on Billie
2002 · Herself
PeliLady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
PeliBillie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007 · Herself
PeliJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
PeliBillie Holiday: A Sensation
2015 · Self (archive footage)