Billie Holiday
Actor
Born April 7, 1915 in 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 improvisational skills. Billie Holiday appeared in four feature films and many television shows.
Filmography
The Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive)
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
Sweet Thing
Billie
self
Strange Fruit
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Herself
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Strange Fruit
Self
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Lady Sings the Blues
Diary Films I - V
New Orleans
Endie
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene