Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

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.

  • Title: Billie Holiday
  • Popularity: 2.893
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1915-04-07
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.billieholiday.com
  • Also Known As:
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Billie Holiday Movies

  • 1933
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    The Emperor Jones
    The Emperor Jones

    5.725 1933 HD

    Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Paul Robeson

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  • 1984
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    The Long Night of Lady Day
    The Long Night of Lady Day

    9 1984 HD

    This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 2002
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    Billie on Billie
    Billie on Billie

    1 2002 HD

    This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary...

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    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 2002
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    Strange Fruit
    Strange Fruit

    1 2002 HD

    In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Dorothy Thigpen

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  • 1990
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    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

    10 1990 HD

    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 1947
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    New Orleans
    New Orleans

    6.6 1947 HD

    A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Arturo de Córdova

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  • 2015
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    Billie Holiday: A Sensation
    Billie Holiday: A Sensation

    8 2015 HD

    A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Laverne Andrews

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  • 1935
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    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    6.3 1935 HD

    A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Duke Ellington

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  • 2002
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    It's Black Entertainment
    It's Black Entertainment

    8 2002 HD

    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Vanessa Williams

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  • 2019
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    The Apollo
    The Apollo

    6.344 2019 HD

    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Pharrell Williams

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  • 2013
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    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

    1 2013 HD

    The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s,...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Peggy Lee

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  • 2020
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    Billie
    Billie

    6.7 2020 HD

    ‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 2006
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    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    1 2006 HD

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 1951
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    'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
    'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

    1 1951 HD

    Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Frank 'Sugar Chile' Robinson

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  • 2007
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    Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
    Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit

    1 2007 HD

    Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant, but this issue compiles into a single release, song cuts from some of Holiday's live...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 2005
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    Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
    Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

    1 2005 HD

    This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Billie Holiday

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  • 2005
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    Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
    Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

    1 2005 HD

    Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history of the genre. "Sassy" Sarah Vaughan appears along...

    Genre: Music

    Cast: Sarah Vaughan

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  • 2020
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    Sweet Thing
    Sweet Thing

    6.9 2020 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Lana Rockwell

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  • 2020
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    Strange Fruit
    Strange Fruit

    10 2020 HD

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    Cast: Edward W. Hardy

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  • 1972
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    Lady Sings the Blues
    Lady Sings the Blues

    6.875 1972 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Diana Ross

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  • 1971
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    Diary Films I - V
    Diary Films I - V

    1 1971 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2001
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    Jazz
    Jazz

    8 2001 HD

    Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Keith David

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  • 2021
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    This Is Pop
    This Is Pop

    5.5 2021 HD

    Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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