Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-04-07
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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.
Known For
as Self (archive)
as Self (archive footage)
as Endie
as self
as Music
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Herself
as Herself
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