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Billie Holiday
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, Hol…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2021
This Is Pop
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Sweet Thing
Movie Music
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2020
Billie
Movie self
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2020
Strange Fruit
Movie Writer
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2019
The Apollo
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Movie Herself
- 2006
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2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Movie Herself
- 2005
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2002
Strange Fruit
Movie Self
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2002
It's Black Entertainment
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2002
Billie on Billie
Movie Herself
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2001
Jazz
TV show Self (archive footage)
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1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Movie Self (archive footage)
More credits
- 1990
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1985
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Movie Self (archive footage)
- 1984
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1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1972
Lady Sings the Blues
Movie Book
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1971
Diary Films I - V
Movie Music
- 1951
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1947
New Orleans
Movie Endie
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1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Movie Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
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1933
Emperor Jones
Movie Extra in Nightclub Scene
