Acting credits
18
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Billie Holiday
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 20Series: 2Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 1142312
IMDb ID: nm0390507
Known for: Acting
Born: April 7, 1915
Died: July 17, 1959
Age: 44
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1933 - 2021
Years active: 89
Average TMDB rating: 6.58
Wikidata: Q104358
Other jobs
Music (2)Book (1)Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Billie Holiday.
6.8
Sweet Thing
Music
2020 Movie
6.8
Billie
as self
2020 Movie
10.0
Strange Fruit
Writer
2020 Movie
6.5
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
8.0
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
as Self (archive footage)
2015 Movie
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Movie
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
as Herself
2007 Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006 Movie
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
as Herself
2005 Movie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005 Movie
Strange Fruit
as Self
2002 Movie
8.0
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002 Movie
10.0
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990 Movie
7.8
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
as Self (archive footage)
1985 Movie
6.1
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975 Movie
6.9
Lady Sings the Blues
Book
1972 Movie
Diary Films I - V
Music
1971 Movie
6.6
New Orleans
as Endie
1947 Movie
6.6
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
1935 Movie
5.5
Emperor Jones
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
1933 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Billie Holiday.
