Billie Holiday

Actor

Born: April 7, 1915
Died: July 17, 1959 (age 44)
From: Philadelphia, 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…

Filmography (21)

The Magic Voices of Pop (2021)
Self (archive)
Billie (2020)
self
The Apollo (2019)
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015)
Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (2007)
Herself
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
Herself
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
Strange Fruit (2002)
Self
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
Self (archive footage)
Billie on Billie
Billie on Billie (2002)
Herself
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
Self (archive footage)
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
Self (archive footage)
The Long Night of Lady Day
The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Self (archive footage)
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
New Orleans (1947)
Endie
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Emperor Jones (1933)
Extra in Nightclub Scene