Acting
Billie Holiday
Birth Date
April 7, 1915
Death Date
July 17, 1959
(passed away at 44)
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Biography
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.
Photos
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
2001 • 10 episodes
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021 • 1 episode
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
Billie
self
2020
New Orleans
Endie
1947
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
1990
Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene
1933
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self (archive footage)
1985
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
Strange Fruit
Self
2002
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Self (archive footage)
2015
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013
Billie on Billie
Herself
2002
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
1935
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951