Biography
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
all 26
Movies 23
self 17
TV Shows 3
Writer 2
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop (2021)
TV
Music
Sweet Thing (2020)
Movie
Self
Billie (2020)
Movie
Writer
Strange Fruit (2020)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Apollo (2019)
Movie
Self
Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
Movie
Herself
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (2007)
Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)
Movie
Self
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
Movie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
Movie
Strange Fruit (2002)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
Movie
Herself
Billie on Billie (2002)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jazz (2001)
TV
6
Self
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
Movie
Self
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
Movie
Self
The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Movie
Writer
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Movie
1
Music
Diary Films I - V (1971)
Movie
Self
The Comeback Story (1953)
TV
Self
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
Movie
Endie
New Orleans (1947)
Movie
Self - Blues Singer
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
Movie
Extra in Nightclub Scene
The Emperor Jones (1933)
Movie
6
Ratings
Average 5.39
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1933
1975
2002
2002
2021
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1915-04-07
Deathday1959-07-17 (44 years old)
Birth NameEleanora Fagan
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States of America
ReligionCatholicism
Relationshipshttp://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/fbccbf0d0e3050cbd82ff91e08e1830b (1941-08-25 - 1947-01-01), Joe Guy (1951-01-01 - 1957-01-01)
FatherClarence Holiday
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesNew York City · Baltimore · Harlem, United States of America
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, National Women's Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Hall of Fame
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