Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-04-07
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Billie Holiday
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
as Self (archive footage)
as self
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Music
as Endie
as Self (archive footage)
as Herself
as Self (archive footage)
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage)
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