Biography
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.
Acted in 5
2000s
- 2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Movie
- 2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Movie
1990s
- 1990
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Movie
1940s
- 1947
New Orleans
Endie
1930s
- 1933
Sound 3
2020s
- 2026
Tonta que soy
Music
- 2020
1970s
- 1971
Diary Films I - V
Music
Wrote 2
2020s
- 2020
Strange Fruit
Writer
1970s
- 1972
Lady Sings the Blues
Book
Appearances14
2020s
- 2021
- 2020
Billie
self
2010s
- 2019
- 2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Self (archive footage)
- 2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2000s
- 2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Herself
- 2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Herself
- 2002
Strange Fruit
Self
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
- 2001
1990s
- 1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
1980s
- 1985
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
1930s
- 1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)