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Billie Holiday
Acting
07 Apr 1915
† 17 Jul 1959
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
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Billie Holiday's Movies
55%
Emperor Jones
29 Sept 1933
68%
Billie
30 Sept 2020
65%
The Apollo
24 Apr 2019
66%
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
12 Sept 1935
66%
New Orleans
18 Apr 1947
61%
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
06 Aug 1975
78%
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
25 Oct 1985
80%
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
07 Apr 2015
80%
It's Black Entertainment
08 Feb 2002
90%
The Long Night of Lady Day
25 Jan 1984
100%
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
01 Mar 1990
20%
The Magic Voices of Pop
16 Jul 2021
0%
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
01 Jan 2005
0%
Billie on Billie
20 Jan 2002
0%
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
04 Dec 2006
0%
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
03 Jan 1951
0%
Strange Fruit
20 May 2002
0%
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
25 Oct 2005
0%
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
05 Nov 2007
0%
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
10 May 2013
