Acting
Billie Holiday
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
This Is Pop
Series · 2021
Billie
Film · 2020
The Apollo
Film · 2019
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Film · 2015
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Film · 2013
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Film · 2007
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Film · 2006
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Film · 2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Film · 2005
Billie on Billie
Film · 2002
Strange Fruit
Film · 2002
It's Black Entertainment
Film · 2002
Jazz
Series · 2001
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Film · 1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Film · 1990
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
Film · 1985
The Long Night of Lady Day
Film · 1984
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Film · 1975
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
Film · 1951
New Orleans
Film · 1947
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Film · 1935
Emperor Jones
Film · 1933