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

This Is Pop
2021
Jazz
2001
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
The Apollo
2019
Sweet Thing
2020
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
Strange Fruit
2002
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
22
Writing
2
Sound
3
2021
This Is Pop
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Billie
as self
2019
The Apollo
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
as Herself
2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
as Herself
2002
Billie on Billie
as Herself
2002
Strange Fruit
as Self
2002
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Jazz
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
as Self (archive footage)
1985
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
as Self (archive footage)
1984
The Long Night of Lady Day
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1951
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1947
New Orleans
as Endie
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
as Self - Blues Singer (uncredited)
1933
Emperor Jones
as Extra in Nightclub Scene