Billie Holiday
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 7, 1915
- Died
- July 17, 1959
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Tonta que soy 2026
Music
Sweet Thing 2020
Music
Billie 2020
as self
Strange Fruit 2020
Writer
The Apollo 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: A Sensation 2015
as Self (archive footage)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas 2013
as Self (archive footage)
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit 2007
as Herself
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 2006
Actor
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection 2005
as Herself
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas 2005
Actor
Strange Fruit 2002
as Self
It's Black Entertainment 2002
as Self (archive footage)
- Billie on Billie
Billie on Billie 2002
as Herself
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs 1990
as Self (archive footage)
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday 1990
Actor
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got 1985
as Self (archive footage)
- The Long Night of Lady Day
The Long Night of Lady Day 1984
Actor
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? 1975
as Self (archive footage)
Lady Sings the Blues 1972
Book
Diary Films I - V 1971
Music
- 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet 1951
Actor
New Orleans 1947
as Endie
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life 1935
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Emperor Jones 1933
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
Credits from TMDB.