Billie Holiday
Darsteller, Komponist
7. April 1915 — 17. Juli 1959 (44 Jahre)
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.
Filmografie
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Self |
| 2023 | Cover Your Ears · as Self - Blues Singerauf plex.tv |
| 2021 | Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over · as Self |
| 2021 | This Is Pop · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Billie · as Self |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Icons (2019) · as Self |
| 2018 | Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes · as Self |
| 2017 | The King · as Selfauf plex.tv |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Page Eight · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2002 | Standing in the Shadows of Motown · as Self |
| 2002 | Strange Fruit · as Self |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Jazz · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1999 | The Source · as Self |
| 1998 | |
| 1990 | That's Black Entertainment · as Self |
| 1985 | Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1975 | Brother Can You Spare a Dime · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1953 | Tonight! · as Self |
| 2012 | Strange Fruit · as Cast |
| 1999 | Crossroads · as (part 1) |
| 1990 | |
| 1947 | New Orleans · as Endie |
| 1933 | The Emperor Jones · as Extra In Nightclub Sceneauf plex.tv |
| 2020 |
| 1972 | Lady Sings the Blues · as Book |