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
- Born
- 1915-04-07 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 1959-07-17
Known for
- Lady Sings the Blues (1972) — Book
- Jazz (2001) — Self (archive footage)
- Sweet Thing (2020) — Music
- Emperor Jones (1933) — Extra in Nightclub Scene
- Billie (2020) — self
- This Is Pop (2021) — Self (archive footage)
- The Apollo (2019) — Self (archive footage)
- Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935) — Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
- New Orleans (1947) — Endie
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) — Self (archive footage)
- Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985) — Self (archive footage)
- It's Black Entertainment (2002) — Self (archive footage)
- Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015) — Self (archive footage)
- The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
- 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
- Strange Fruit (2002) — Self