Billie Holiday
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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
Credits
The Magic Voices of Pop (2021)
as Self (archive)
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
as Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
The Apollo (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
New Orleans (1947)
as Endie
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Billie (2020)
as self
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
Actor
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
as Herself
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
Actor
Emperor Jones (1933)
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
Strange Fruit (2002)
as Self
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)
Actor
Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
Actor
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Billie on Billie (2002)
as Herself
The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
Actor
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (2007)
as Herself