Recitazione
Billie Holiday
Data di nascita
7 aprile 1915
Data di morte
17 luglio 1959
(morto a 44 anni)
Luogo di nascita
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popolarità
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Biografia
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.
Foto
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Serie TV
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
2001 • 10 episodi
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Serie TV
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021 • 1 episodio
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Film
The Magic Voices of Pop
Self (archive)
2021
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Film
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self (archive footage)
1985
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Film
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1975
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Film
Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene
1933
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Film
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
1990
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Film
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
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Film
New Orleans
Endie
1947
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Film
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019
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Film
Billie
self
2020
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Film
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
1935
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Film
Strange Fruit
Self
2002
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Film
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
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Film
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself
2005
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Film
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984
Film
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013
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Film
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951
Film
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005