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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Jazz (2001) — Self (archive footage)
2. Emperor Jones (1933) — Extra in Nightclub Scene
3. Billie (2020) — self
4. This Is Pop (2021) — Self (archive footage)
5. The Apollo (2019) — Self (archive footage)
6. Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935) — Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
7. New Orleans (1947) — Endie
8. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) — Self (archive footage)
9. Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985) — Self (archive footage)
10. It's Black Entertainment (2002) — Self (archive footage)
11. Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015) — Self (archive footage)
12. The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
13. 'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
14. Strange Fruit (2002) — Self
15. Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
16. The Magic Voices of Pop (2021) — Self (archive)
17. Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990) — Self (archive footage)
18. Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
19. Billie on Billie (2002) — Herself
20. Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)
21. Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (2007) — Herself
22. Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005) — Herself
23. Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013) — Self (archive footage)