Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 (109 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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- 2021 ·This Is Popas Self (archive footage)
- 2020 ·Billieas self
- 2019 ·The Apolloas Self (archive footage)
- 2015 ·Billie Holiday: A Sensationas herself
- 2013 ·Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divasas Self (archive footage)
- 2007 ·Billie Holiday: Strange Fruitas Herself
- 2006 ·Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1as
- 2005 ·Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collectionas Herself
- 2005 ·Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divasas
- 2002 ·Strange Fruitas Self
- 2002 ·It's Black Entertainmentas Self (archive footage)
- 2002 ·Billie on Billieas Herself
- 2001 ·Jazzas Self (archive footage)
- 1990 ·Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holidayas
- 1984 ·The Long Night of Lady Dayas
- 1975 ·Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?as Self (archive footage)
- 1951 ·'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextetas
- 1947 ·New Orleansas Endie
- 1935 ·Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Lifeas Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
- 1933 ·The Emperor Jonesas Extra in Nightclub Scene