Billie Holiday
Acting
Born April 7, 1915 · 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.
Films (19)
Billie
2020
The Apollo
2019
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
2015
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Strange Fruit
2002
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Billie on Billie
2002
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951
New Orleans
1947
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
Emperor Jones
1933