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 (23 titles)
2.0MovieThe Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive) · 2021
5.9ShowThis Is Pop
Self (archive footage) · 2021
6.8MovieBillie
self · 2020
6.4MovieThe Apollo
Self (archive footage) · 2019
8.0MovieBillie Holiday: A Sensation
Self (archive footage) · 2015
MovieQueens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage) · 2013
MovieBillie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Herself · 2007
MovieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
MovieBillie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself · 2005
MovieSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
9.0MovieStrange Fruit
Self · 2002
8.7MovieIt's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage) · 2002
Billie on Billie
Herself · 2002
7.5ShowJazz
Self (archive footage) · 2001
9.0MovieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage) · 1990
10.0MovieLady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
7.7MovieArtie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self (archive footage) · 1985
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984
6.3MovieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage) · 1975
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951
6.7MovieNew Orleans
Endie · 1947
6.8MovieSymphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited) · 1935
5.6MovieEmperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene · 1933