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Billie Holiday
Born · April 7, 1915
Died · July 17, 1959 (44 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Bio
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.
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
5.7
2021
Billie
self
6.9
2020
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2019
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
herself
8.0
2015
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2013
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Herself
0.0
2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
0.0
2006
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself
0.0
2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
0.0
2005
Strange Fruit
Self
0.0
2002
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
8.0
2002
Billie on Billie
Herself
0.0
2002
Jazz
Self (archive footage) · (10 episodes)
8.0
2001
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
10.0
1990
The Long Night of Lady Day
9.0
1984
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
5.7
1975
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
0.0
1951
New Orleans
Endie
6.6
1947
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
6.6
1935
The Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene
5.8
1933