Billie Holiday
Known for
Acting
Born
April 7, 1915
Birthplace
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
July 17, 1959 (aged 44)
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.
Best known work
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
Jazz
2001
Sweet Thing
2020
Emperor Jones
1933
Billie
2020
This Is Pop
2021
The Apollo
2019
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
New Orleans
1947
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975Filmography
2021
2020
Sweet ThingMusic
2020
Billieas self
2020
Strange FruitWriter
2019
The Apolloas Self (archive footage)
2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensationas Self (archive footage)
2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divasas Self (archive footage)
2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruitas Herself
2006
2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collectionas Herself
2005
2002
Strange Fruitas Self
2002
It's Black Entertainmentas Self (archive footage)
2002
Billie on Billieas Herself
2001
1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffsas Self (archive footage)
1990
1985
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Gotas Self (archive footage)
1984
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?as Self (archive footage)
1972
1971
Diary Films I - VMusic
1951
1947
New Orleansas Endie
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Lifeas Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)