Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 07, 1915
Died
Jul 17, 1959
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
26 titles
Billie Holiday
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.
Known For
Filmography
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
Sweet Thing
Music
Billie
self
Strange Fruit
Writer
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)
Billie on Billie
Herself
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)
The Long Night of Lady Day
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Lady Sings the Blues
Book
Diary Films I - V
Music
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
New Orleans
Endie
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene