Billie Holiday

Acting

Born: 1915-04-07

Died: 1959-07-17

From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Gender: Female

Popularity: 0.2

Biography

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.

Awards & Nominations12 won · 2 nominated

🏆 Won

National Women's Hall of Fame

2011

🏆 Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

2009

🏆 Won

Maryland Women's Hall of Fame

2008

🏆 Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

2004

🏆 Won

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

2000

🏆 Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

Lady in Satin

1999

Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals

1999

🏆 Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

1988

🏆 Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1987

🏆 Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1986

🏆 Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

1977

🏆 Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

1975

Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

1961

🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Billie Holiday

Biography

Awards & Nominations12 won · 2 nominated

Acting20 titles

Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

Strange Fruit

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

It's Black Entertainment

Billie Holiday: A Sensation

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Jazz

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

Billie

New Orleans

The Apollo

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

This Is Pop

Emperor Jones

The Magic Voices of Pop

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit

Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

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

Writing2 titles

Strange Fruit

Lady Sings the Blues

Sound2 titles

Sweet Thing

Diary Films I - V