Billie Holiday
Popularity:0.131
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1915-04-07
Place of Birth:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Homepage:https://www.billieholiday.com
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Emperor Jones (1933)
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a...

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
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...

The Long Night of Lady Day (1984)
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

Billie on Billie (2002)
This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary...

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1 (2006)

'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)
Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.

Strange Fruit (2002)
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...

Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit (2007)
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...

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005)
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session...

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990)
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by...

New Orleans (1947)
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody...

Billie Holiday: A Sensation (2015)
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday...

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)
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...

It's Black Entertainment (2002)
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

The Apollo (2019)
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas (2013)
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,...

Billie (2020)
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the...

Jazz (2001)
Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the...

This Is Pop (2021)
Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of pop music you never knew existed.