Billie Holiday
Acting Born: 1915-04-07 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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
New Orleans
Emperor Jones
The Apollo
Billie
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
It's Black Entertainment
The Long Night of Lady Day
Billie on Billie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
