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Billie Holiday
Actor

Billie Holiday

7 Apr 1915Born
17 Jul 1959Died
44Age at death
8Credits

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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 2020Strange FruitFilm: Writer
  2. 2006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1Film
  3. 2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz DivasFilm
  4. 1990Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie HolidayFilm
  5. 1984The Long Night of Lady DayFilm
  6. 1951'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His SextetFilm
  7. 1947New OrleansFilm: Endie
  8. 1933Emperor JonesFilm: Extra in Nightclub Scene

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