![Profile Bessie Smith](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2F4NNhM0wfBZ1EyNKUzjHb5BDIdId.jpg&w=640&q=75)
Bessie Smith
Gender: Female
Place of Birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Birthday: 15/04/1894
Death: 1937-09-26
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
![The Story Of The Blues](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2F81KJPPSD4fEwrMNTHwdjtjoQDka.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
The Story Of The Blues
Self (archive footage)
30/06/20044.2
![It's Black Entertainment](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2F7PhMfopjGaVcTDbNUM7F86o1fsr.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
08/02/20028.0
![A Huey P. Newton Story](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2FpBL79QqhOnmZJvhvt3mSkPXaSfB.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
18/06/20015.2
![Blues Masters](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2FvwvWbMD7Fe0xvWpeXXBTibqD45S.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
Blues Masters
Self (archive footage)
01/01/19996.0
![Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2Fy6JNo7Qj9TEzxQrjDrZbxT15BEd.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self (archive footage)
02/11/19936.0
![Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2Fq61giHSShpUWHrs7NtTSQW1s9Mk.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Self
01/01/19930.0
![Wild Women Don't Have the Blues](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2FaK7FYvgaCb9H4lI3nficTcD1Yen.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
Self (archive footage)
01/01/19890.0
![St. Louis Blues](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F%2Fdv39xfGaBeuy8hZRDovTfS2fgwT.jpg&w=384&q=75)
Movie
St. Louis Blues
Bessie - Battered Wife
08/09/19294.8