Billie Holiday

Acting

April 7, 1915

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

21 movies

5.3 avg

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.

Filmography

2020s

2 films

The Magic Voices of Pop

as Self (archive)

20212.0

Billie

as self

20206.8

2010s

3 films

The Apollo

as Self (archive footage)

20196.4