Billie Holiday
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- July 17, 1959
- Movies
- 21
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 Movies
Filmography
| 2020 | Billie | self |
| 2019 | The Apollo | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Billie Holiday: A Sensation | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit | Herself |
| 2006 | Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 | |
| 2005 | Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection | Herself |
| 2005 | Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas | |
| 2002 | Strange Fruit | Self |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Billie on Billie | Herself |
| 1990 | Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday | |
| 1985 | Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got | Self (archive footage) |
| 1984 | The Long Night of Lady Day | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1951 | 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet | |
| 1947 | New Orleans | Endie |
| 1935 | Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life | Self - Blues Singer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Emperor Jones | Extra in Nightclub Scene |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | Strange Fruit | Writer |
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