- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 27, 1950
- Place of Birth
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Dee Dee Bridgewater (born Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress. For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization. Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she was raised Catholic in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Matthew Garrett, was a jazz trumpeter and teacher at Manassas High School, and through his playing, she was exposed to jazz early on. At the age of sixteen, she was a member of a Rock and R&B trio, singing in clubs in Michigan. At 18, she studied at Michigan State University before she went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With the school's jazz band, she toured the So…
Filmography
movieMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023 · Self
tvElla Wishes You a Swinging Christmas with Vanessa Williams
2020 · Self
movieQuincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart
2017 · Self
movieJazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
2017 · Self
moviePure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald
2017 · Self
tvSoundbreaking
2016 · Self
movieJazz at the White House
2016 · Self
movieBillie Holiday: A Sensation
2015 · Self
movieDee Dee Bridgewater - Jazz in Marciac
2014 · Self - Vocal - jazz
movieDee Dee Bridgewater - Jazz Open Stuttgart
2013 · Self
movieDee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Antibes & Juan-Les-Pins
2010 · Self - Vocals
movieGo West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
2007 · Molly (voice)
movieDee Dee Bridgewater "Motherland"
2007 · Self
moviePlay Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe
2006 · Self
tvLa Boîte à musique
2006 · Self
movieDee Dee Bridgewater Sings Kurt Weill Live At North Sea Jazz Festival
2004 · Self
Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen
movieIm Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen
2002 · Self
tvL'Invité
2002 · Self
tvVivement dimanche
1998 · Self
movieIt's Not About Love
1998 · The woman with the glass of milk
tvHighlander: The Series
1992 · Carolyn
tvFort Boyard
1990 · Self
tvTéléthon
1987 · Self
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
tvSacrée soirée
1987 · Self
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
movieThe Brother from Another Planet
1984 · Malverne Davis
movieNight Partners
1983 · Gloria
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieThe Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
1979 · Brandy
movieEverybody Rides the Carousel
1976 · Stage 7 (voice)
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self