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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1915-04-07

Died: 1959-07-17

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	Emperor Jones	Extra in Nightclub Scene	56
2	1935	Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life	Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)	66
3	1947	New Orleans	Endie	66
4	1951	'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet		0
5	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
6	1984	The Long Night of Lady Day		90
7	1990	Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday		100
8	2002	Billie on Billie	Herself	0
9	2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self (archive footage)	80
10	2002	Strange Fruit	Self	0
11	2005	Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas		0
12	2005	Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection	Herself	0
13	2006	Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1		0
14	2007	Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit	Herself	0
15	2013	Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas	Self (archive footage)	0
16	2015	Billie Holiday: A Sensation	herself	80
17	2019	The Apollo	Self (archive footage)	65
18	2020	Billie	self	69

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2001	Jazz	Self (archive footage)	80
2	2021	This Is Pop	Self (archive footage)	58

Billie Holiday

Film

Television