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Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.

Known For: Acting

Born: Washington, District of Columbia, USA, 1899-04-29

Died: 1974-05-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	Black and Tan	Duke Ellington	63
2	1930	Check and Double Check	Orchestra Leader	53
3	1933	A Bundle of Blues	Self	56
4	1934	Murder at the Vanities	Duke Ellington	55
5	1934	Many Happy Returns	Piano Player (uncredited)	53
6	1934	Belle of the Nineties	Piano Player	57
7	1935	Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life	Self	66
8	1937	The Hit Parade	Duke Ellington	50
9	1941	Hot Chocolate	Self (uncredited)	77
10	1941	Birth of the Blues	Self (archive footage)	55
11	1942	Jam Session	Self - Piano	62
12	1942	Bli-Blip	Himself	80
13	1942	I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good		0
14	1942	Flamingo		0
15	1943	Duke Ellington and His Orchestra		0
16	1943	Reveille with Beverly	Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)	70
17	1943	Cabin in the Sky	Duke Ellington (uncredited)	65
18	1947	Date with Duke	Self	10
19	1949	Symphony In Swing		0
20	1950	Salute to Duke Ellington		0
21	1952	Mood Indigo	Self	60
22	1952	Sophisticated Lady	Self	0
23	1952	Solitude	Self	0
24	1956	Jazz Ball	Self (archive footage)	70
25	1959	Anatomy of a Murder	Pie Eye (uncredited)	79
26	1966	The Strolling '20s	Self	0
27	1966	Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro	Self	80
28	1967	Duke Ellington: Love You Madly	Self	0
29	1974	On the Road with Duke Ellington	Self	0
30	1975	Black Shadows on a Silver Screen	Self (archive footage)	0
31	1991	The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington	Self	0
32	2000	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943	Self	0
33	2002	It's Black Entertainment	Self (archive footage)	80
34	2003	The Intimate Duke Ellington	Self	0
35	2003	Piano Blues	Self (archive footage)	65
36	2003	Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens	Self	0
37	2004	The Harlem Renaissance	Self (archive footage)	60
38	2004	Improvisation	Self	0
39	2004	The Story Of The Blues	Self	42
40	2005	Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling	Self	0
41	2005	Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection	Himself	0
42	2007	Alice Babs - Swing It!	Himself (archive footage)	0
43	2007	Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58	Self - Piano	0
44	2008	Jazz Evolution	Self - Piano	60
45	2014	Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989	Self	5
46	2014	Jazz Legends in Their Own Words	Self	0
47	2018	The Jazz Ambassadors	Self (archive footage)	70
48	2019	Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live	Himself	0
49	2019	The Green Book: Guide to Freedom	Self - Musician (archive footage)	77
50	2019	The Apollo	Self (archive footage)	65
51	2021	Duke Ellington in Isfahan	Self (archive footage)	0
52	2022	Charlie Parker: Bird Songs	Self (archive footage)	68
53	2024	Steve e il Duca	Self (archival)	0
54	2024	Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat	Self (archive footage)	74
55	2024	I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self	90
2	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
3	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
4	1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self	60
5	1956	The Steve Allen Show	Self - Guest	56
6	1957	Tonight Starring Jack Paar	Self	70
7	1957	Aktuelle Schaubude	Self	60
8	1959	The Bell Telephone Hour	Self	73
9	1959	Discorama	Self (archive footage)	0
10	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
11	1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self	58
12	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
13	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
14	2001	Jazz	Self (archive footage)	80