Billie Holiday
Gender: Female
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday: 07/04/1915
Death: 1959-07-17
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.
TV
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
06/03/20215.5
Movie
Sweet Thing
22/10/20206.9
Movie
Billie
self
30/09/20206.7
Movie
Strange Fruit
21/06/202010.0
Movie
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
24/04/20196.3
Movie
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
herself
07/04/20158.0
Movie
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
10/05/20130.0
Movie
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Herself
05/11/20070.0
Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
04/12/20060.0
Movie
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself
25/10/20050.0
Movie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
01/01/20050.0
Movie
Strange Fruit
20/05/20020.0
Movie
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
08/02/20028.0
Movie
Billie on Billie
Herself
20/01/20020.0
TV
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
09/01/20018.0
Movie
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
01/03/199010.0
Movie
The Long Night of Lady Day
25/01/19849.0
Movie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
06/08/19755.7
Movie
Lady Sings the Blues
12/10/19726.9
Movie
Diary Films I - V
01/01/19710.0
Movie
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
03/01/19510.0
Movie
New Orleans
Endie
18/04/19476.6
Movie
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
12/09/19356.3
Movie
The Emperor Jones
Extra in Nightclub Scene
29/09/19335.7