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