Billie Holiday

Known for ActingBorn 1915-04-07Died 1959-07-17Philadelphia, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Strange Fruit

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

Strange Fruit

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

The Long Night of Lady Day

It's Black Entertainment

'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

Billie Holiday: A Sensation

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Jazz

Billie

Sweet Thing

The Apollo

Lady Sings the Blues

New Orleans

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

This Is Pop

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Emperor Jones

The Magic Voices of Pop

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

Billie on Billie

Diary Films I - V