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Duke Ellington
Actor, Composer, Director, Writer
Died May 24, 1974 (75 years)
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Filmography
| 2008 | Jazz Evolution · as Piano |
| 2005 | Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling · as Unknown |
| 2001 | Jazz (TV Series) · as (archive footage) |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder · as Pie Eye (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) · as Pianist |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky · as Duke Ellington |
| 1930 | Check and Double Check · as Orchestra Leader |
| 1929 | Black and Tan Fantasy · as Duke Ellington |