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.
21 movies · 2 shows
The Magic Voices of Pop
2021·2.0
Billie
2020·6.8
The Apollo
2019·6.4
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
2015·8.0
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013·0.0
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007·0.0
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006·0.0
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005·0.0
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005·0.0
Strange Fruit
2002·9.0
It's Black Entertainment
2002·8.7
Billie on Billie
2002·0.0
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990·9.0
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990·10.0
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985·7.7
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984·9.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·6.3
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951·9.0
New Orleans
1947·6.7
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935·6.8
Emperor Jones
1933·5.6