- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 7, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- July 17, 1959
Billie Holiday
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.
Filmography
movieThe Magic Voices of Pop
2021 · Self (archive)
tvThis Is Pop
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieSweet Thing
2020 · Music
movieBillie
2020 · self
movieStrange Fruit
2020 · Writer
movieThe Apollo
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieBillie Holiday: A Sensation
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieBillie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007 · Herself
movieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
movieBillie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005 · Herself
movieSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
movieStrange Fruit
2002 · Self
movieIt's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Billie on Billie
movieBillie on Billie
2002 · Herself
tvJazz
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieLady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
movieArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985 · Self (archive footage)
The Long Night of Lady Day
movieThe Long Night of Lady Day
1984
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieLady Sings the Blues
1972 · Book
movieDiary Films I - V
1971 · Music
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
movie'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951
movieNew Orleans
1947 · Endie
movieSymphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935 · Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
movieEmperor Jones
1933 · Extra in Nightclub Scene