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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Acting · Sound · Writing

Народився 7 квітня 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (15)
  • This Is Pop — Self (archive footage)
  • 2020Billie — self
  • 2019The Apollo — Self (archive footage)
  • 2015Billie Holiday: A Sensation — Self (archive footage)
  • 2013Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas — Self (archive footage)
  • 2007Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit — Herself
  • 2005Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection — Herself
  • 2002Billie on Billie — Herself
  • 2002It's Black Entertainment — Self (archive footage)
  • 2002Strange Fruit — Self
  • Jazz — Self (archive footage)
  • 1990Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs — Self (archive footage)
  • 1985Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got — Self (archive footage)
  • 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
  • 1935Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life — Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)