Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 (109 years old) in 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.
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- 2021 · This Is Pop as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Billie as self
- 2019 · The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Billie Holiday: A Sensation as herself
- 2013 · Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit as Herself
- 2006 · Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 as
- 2005 · Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection as Herself
- 2005 · Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas as
- 2002 · Strange Fruit as Self
- 2002 · It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Billie on Billie as Herself
- 2001 · Jazz as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 · Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday as
- 1984 · The Long Night of Lady Day as
- 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1951 · 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet as
- 1947 · New Orleans as Endie
- 1935 · Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
- 1933 · The Emperor Jones as Extra in Nightclub Scene