Billie Holiday
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.131 |
| Birthday | 1915-04-07 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Also Known As |
1933
The Emperor Jones
5.7/20
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbea...
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The Emperor Jones
2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
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Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history of the genre. "Sassy" Sarah Vaughan appears along w...
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
1984
The Long Night of Lady Day
9/1
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimat...
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The Long Night of Lady Day
2002
Billie on Billie
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This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary jaz...
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Billie on Billie
2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
1951
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
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Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.
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'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
2002
Strange Fruit
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In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "...
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Strange Fruit
2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
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This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with...
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
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Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant, but this issue compiles into a single release, song cuts from some of Holiday's live fi...
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Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
1990
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
10/1
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by act...
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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1947
New Orleans
6.6/11
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman,...
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New Orleans
2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
8/2
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday — o...
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Billie Holiday: A Sensation
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7/7
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
6.533/15
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...
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Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
2002
It's Black Entertainment
8/2
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...
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It's Black Entertainment
2019
The Apollo
6.344/16
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
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The Apollo
2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
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The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s, to...
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2020
Billie
6.881/21
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biogra...
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