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Date of Birth:

7 April 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA more

Date of Death:

17 July 1959, New York City, New York, USA more

Trivia:

Her given name was Eleanora (originally Elinore) -- "Billie" came from... more

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Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Public Enemies (2009)	("Love Me Or Leave Me", "The Man I Love", "Am I Blue?")	2009	$201M	7.3 (42,992)

2.	Watchmen (2009)	(performer: "You're My Thrill")	2009	$181M	7.8 (108,711)
	AKAs: Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
3.	Fallout 3 (2008) (VG)	(performer: "Crazy He Calls Me")	2008	-	9.4 (2,512)

4.	"Later with Jools Holland" (1992)	(1 episode, 2008)	2008	-	8.1 (99)
	AKAs: A Little Later (USA: cut version) 1 TV episode: Episode #31.3 (2008) (writer: "God Bless the Child")
5.	August Rush (2007)	(writer: "God Bless the Child")	2007	-	7.5 (24,155)

6.	"The War" (2007)	(1 episode, 2007)	2007	-	9.2 (1,258)
	1 TV episode: FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944 (2007) (performer: "Pennies from Heaven")
7.	Saneamento Básico, O Filme (2007)	(performer: "It Had to Be You")	2007	-	7.7 (448)

8.	"The Wire" (2002)	(1 episode, 2006)	2006	-	9.7 (21,139)
	1 TV episode: Know Your Place (2006) (performer: "I Cover the Waterfront")
9.	The Kovak Box (2006)	(performer: "Gloomy Sunday")	2006	-	5.9 (1,442)
	AKAs: La caja Kovak (Spain)
10.	"The West Wing" (1999)	(1 episode, 2006)	2006	-	9.0 (8,579)
	1 TV episode: The Cold (2006) (performer: "Body & Soul")
11.	Capote (2005)	(performer: "Sugar (That Sugar Baby o' Mine)" (1926))	2005	$42.5M	7.6 (38,198)

12.	Nynne (2005)	(performer: "The Man I Love")	2005	-	5.8 (338)

13.	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)	(performer: "Strange Fruit")	2005	-	8.6 (5,830)
	AKAs: Bob Dylan: No Direction Home (Australia)
14.	Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (2005)	(performer: "Sugar")	2005	-	7.9 (8,030)
	AKAs: Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (UK: original subtitled version) (USA)
15.	"Independent Lens" (1999)	(1 episode, 2005)	2005	-	8.2 (92)
	1 TV episode: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) (writer: "God Bless the Child") (performer: "God Bless the Child")
16.	The Notebook (2004)	(performer: "I'll Be Seeing You" (1937))	2004	-	8.0 (83,025)

17.	Ae Fond Kiss... (2004)	(performer: "Strange Fruit")	2004	-	7.2 (3,477)
	AKAs: Just a Kiss (Europe: English title) Sólo un beso (Spain) Un bacio appassionato (Italy) Un beso (Spain)
18.	Anything Else (2003)	(performer: "Easy to Love", "The Way You Look Tonight", "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me")	2003	-	6.3 (11,712)
	AKAs: Anything else, la vie et tout le reste (France) La vie et tout le reste (France)
19.	I Am Woody (2003)	(performer: "He's Funny That Way", "Sunny Side of the Street")	2003	-	6.8 (12)

20.	Two Weeks Notice (2002)	(writer: "God Bless The Child")	2002	$199M	5.7 (33,303)

21.	Novo (2002)	(writer: "I Love My Man") (performer: "It's Easy To Remember", "I Love My Man")	2002	-	5.9 (1,122)
	AKAs: Novo (Spain)
22.	Minority Report (2002)	(performer: "Solitude" (1934))	2002	$358M	7.7 (123,994)

23.	Night at the Golden Eagle (2002)	(writer: "Stormy Blues") (performer: "Stormy Blues")	2002	-	5.3 (1,343)

24.	"Sex and the City" (1998)	(1 episode, 2002)	2002	-	7.2 (15,933)
	1 TV episode: A 'Vogue' Idea (2002) (performer: "Body and Soul")
25.	Chelsea Walls (2001)	(performer: "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" (1934))	2001	-	5.1 (1,428)
	AKAs: Chelsea Hotel
26.	Sur mes lèvres (2001)	(writer: "The Child") (performer: "The Child")	2001	-	7.4 (4,167)
	AKAs: Read My Lips (Canada: English title: DVD title)
27.	Plata quemada (2000)	(performer: "Ill Wind")	2000	-	7.4 (2,350)
	AKAs: Burnt Money (Canada: English title) (USA) Burning Money (International: English title) Plata quemada (Spain)
28.	Angela's Ashes (1999)	(performer: "Pennies from Heaven")	1999	$15.1M	7.0 (9,454)

29.	The Green Mile (1999)	(performer: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love")	1999	$269M	8.3 (174,178)
	AKAs: Stephen King's The Green Mile (USA: complete title)
30.	The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)	(writer: "God Bless The Child") (performer: "God Bless The Child", "Comes Love")	1999	$20.2M	4.3 (6,779)

31.	Celebrity (1998)	(performer: "Did I Remember (To Tell You I Adore You)" (1936))	1998	$6.13M	6.1 (10,214)

32.	Wrestling with Alligators (1998)	(performer: "I'll Never Fail You")	1998	-	4.2 (59)

33.	Ulee's Gold (1997)	(performer: "Sophisticated Lady")	1997	-	7.1 (3,881)

34.	The Funeral (1996)	(performer: "Gloomy Sunday")	1996	-	6.3 (3,757)

35.	Stealing Beauty (1996)	(performer: "I'll Be Seeing You")	1996	-	6.3 (8,959)
	AKAs: Beauté volée (France) Dancing by Myself (USA: alternative title) Io ballo da sola (Italy)
36.	The Affair (1995) (TV)	(performer: "Strange Fruit")	1995	-	6.5 (205)

37.	Se7en (1995)	(performer: "I Cover the Waterfront")	1995	$350M	8.6 (246,397)
	AKAs: Seven (UK: video title) (USA: alternative spelling) (USA: video title) (USA: DVD title)
38.	Clueless (1995)	(performer: "MISS BROWN TO YOU")	1995	$77.3M	6.7 (35,748)

39.	Cafe Society (1995)	(writer: "Don't Explain" (1944))	1995	-	5.9 (199)

40.	Forget Paris (1995)	(performer: "Love Is Here To Stay", "For All We Know")	1995	$69.2M	6.1 (5,608)

41.	Salto al vacío (1995/I)	(performer: "All the Way")	1995	-	6.4 (179)
	AKAs: Jump Into the Void Jumping Into the Void Leap Into the Void
42.	Corrina, Corrina (1994)	(performer: "PENNIES FROM HEAVEN")	1994	-	6.1 (4,770)

43.	It Could Happen to You (1994)	(performer: "They Can't Take That Away from Me")	1994	-	6.1 (11,343)

44.	Schindler's List (1993)	(writer: "GOD BLESS THE CHILD") (performer: "GOD BLESS THE CHILD")	1993	$321M	8.9 (246,214)

45.	The Meteor Man (1993)	(performer: "Them There Eyes")	1993	-	4.5 (2,193)

46.	Rich in Love (1993)	(performer: "I Hear Music")	1993	-	6.0 (384)

47.	Forever Young (1992)	(performer: "The Very Thought of You")	1992	$128M	6.0 (14,545)

48.	Malcolm X (1992)	(performer: "Big Stuff")	1992	-	7.7 (20,921)
	AKAs: X (USA: poster title)
49.	Kærlighedens smerte (1992)	(performer: "You Go to My Head")	1992	-	6.6 (197)
	AKAs: Pain of Love
50.	Equinox (1992)	(writer: "LEFT ALONE")	1992	-	5.7 (658)
	AKAs: Isimeria
51.	The Rocketeer (1991)	("ANY OLD TIME")	1991	-	6.1 (13,879)
	AKAs: Rocketeer (UK) The Adventures of the Rocketeer (Australia)
52.	Switch (1991)	(performer: "Lover Man")	1991	-	5.3 (3,139)
	AKAs: Blake Edwards' Switch (USA: complete title)
53.	The Marrying Man (1991)	(performer: "YOU CAN'T BE MINE (AND SOMEONE ELSE'S TOO)")	1991	-	5.3 (2,176)
	AKAs: Too Hot to Handle (Australia)
54.	Guilty by Suspicion (1991)	(performer: "THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME")	1991	-	6.4 (3,536)
	AKAs: La liste noire (France)
55.	I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)	(performer: "Time On My Hands")	1990	-	7.2 (1,466)
	AKAs: J'ai engagé un tueur (France) Vertrag mit meinem Killer (Germany)
56.	Enemies: A Love Story (1989)	(performer: "Love Is Here To Stay")	1989	-	6.7 (984)

57.	Harlem Nights (1989)	(performer: "Just One More Chance")	1989	$95.9M	5.3 (5,966)

58.	Slaves of New York (1989)	(performer: "Am I Blue?")	1989	-	5.1 (414)

59.	Torch Song Trilogy (1988)	(performer: "What's New?", "But Not for Me")	1988	-	7.3 (3,373)

60.	Rocket Gibraltar (1988)	(writer: "Don't Explain") (performer: "You Better Go Now", "Don't Explain", "Foolin' Myself")	1988	-	6.4 (952)

61.	"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982)	(1 episode, 1988)	1988	-	8.0 (376)
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 6 July 1988 (1988) (writer: "God Bless the Child")
62.	Satisfaction (1988)	("God Bless the Child")	1988	-	4.1 (1,424)
	AKAs: Girls of Summer (Canada: English title)
63.	Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)	(performer: "Strange Fruit")	1986	-	5.4 (11,607)

64.	The Thing (1982)	(performer: "DON'T EXPLAIN")	1982	-	8.2 (68,638)
	AKAs: John Carpenter's The Thing (USA: complete title)
65.	Bad Timing (1980)	(performer: "I'll Be Seeing You", "It's The Same Old Story")	1980	-	7.1 (2,032)
	AKAs: Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (USA)
66.	Promises in the Dark (1979)	(performer: "I'M GONNA LOCK MY HEART AND THROW AWAY THE KEY", "GOD BLESS THE CHILD")	1979	-	6.3 (83)

67.	An Unmarried Woman (1978)	(performer: "I'm Yours")	1978	-	7.1 (1,415)

68.	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)	(performer: "Saddest Tale (Blues)")	1975	-	7.4 (145)

69.	Liza with a Z: A Concert for Television (1972) (TV)	(writer: "God Bless the Child")	1972	-	8.3 (233)

70.	Fritz the Cat (1972)	(performer: "Yesterdays" (1952))	1972	-	5.9 (3,058)

71.	End of the Road (1970)	(performer: "Don't Worry 'Bout Me")	1970	-	6.4 (98)

72.	"This Is Tom Jones" (1969)	(1 episode, 1969)	1969	-	8.0 (31)
	1 TV episode: Episode #2.13 (1969) (writer: "God Bless the Child")
73.	Eva (1962)	("Willow Weep For Me", "Loveless Love")	1962	-	6.6 (335)
	AKAs: Eve (Italy) (UK) Eva (USA) Eva, the Devil's Woman
74.	Panic in the Streets (1950)	(writer: "Fine and Mellow" (uncredited))	1950	-	7.4 (1,817)

75.	Sombre dimanche (1948)	(performer: "Sombre Dimanche")	1948	-	-
	AKAs: Gloomy Sunday (Australia)
76.	New Orleans (1947)	(performer: "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans" (1947), "Farewell to Storyville", "The Blues Are Brewin'" (1947), "Endie" (1947))	1947	-	7.0 (136)

77.	Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)	(performer: "I've Got Those Lost My Man Blues")	1935	-	7.9 (42)
	AKAs: Headliners (1935-1936 Season) (#3): Symphony in Black (USA: series title) Symphony in Black (Australia)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	New Orleans (1947)	Endie (Miralee's maid)	1947	-	7.0 (136)

2.	The Emperor Jones (1933)	(uncredited) Extra in Nightclub Scene	1933	-	6.5 (295)

Writer View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Lady Sings the Blues (1972)	(book)	1972	-	6.9 (1,264)

Thanks View by NEW				Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
	1.	Speed (1984)	(special thanks)	1984	-	6.9 (86)

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"Chelsea at Nine" (1957)	Herself (1 episode, 1959)	1959	-	-
	AKAs: Chelsea at Eight (UK: second season title) 1 TV episode: Episode #2.55 (1959) Herself
2.	"The Seven Lively Arts" (1957)	Herself (1 episode, 1957)	1957	-	-
	1 TV episode: The Sound of Jazz (1957) Herself
3.	"Night Beat" (1956)	Herself (1 episode, 1956)	1956	-	-
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 7 November 1956 (1956) Herself
4.	"Tonight!" (1953)	Herself (1 episode, 1954)	1954	-	9.7 (15)
	AKAs: Knickerbocker Beer Show (USA: summer title) The Knickerbocker Beer Presents The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title) The Steve Allen Show (USA: second season title) Tonight (USA: syndication title) Tonight Starring Steve Allen (USA: alternative title) 1 TV episode: Episode #2.100 (1954) Herself
5.	"The Comeback Story" (1953)	Herself (1 episode, 1953)	1953	-	-
	1 TV episode: Episode dated 16 October 1953 (1953) Herself
6.	'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet (1951)	Herself	1951	-	6.2 (11)

7.	Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935)	(uncredited) Herself - Blues Singer	1935	-	7.9 (42)
	AKAs: Headliners (1935-1936 Season) (#3): Symphony in Black (USA: series title) Symphony in Black (Australia)


1.	Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (2005) (V)	Herself

2.	"SexTV"
	1 TV episode: Wild Women Don't Have the Blues/The Muse (2002) Herself
3.	Strange Fruit (2002)	Herself

4.	Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)	Herself

5.	It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV)	Herself

6.	Reputations: Billie Holiday (2001) (TV)	Herself

7.	"Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song"
	1 TV episode: Stardust (2001) Herself
8.	Crossroads (1999) (TV)	(Part 1)

9.	The Source (1999) (TV)	Herself

10.	Monterey Jazz Festival: 40 Legendary Years (1998) (V)

11.	Carnegie Hall Salutes the Jazz Masters: Verve Records at 50 (1994) (TV)	Herself

12.	Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame (1993) (TV)	Herself

13.	Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990) (TV)	Herself

14.	That's Black Entertainment (1990)	Herself

15.	The Ladies Sing the Blues (1989)	Herself

16.	Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1989)	Herself

17.	"Brown Sugar" (1986)	Herself

18.	Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got (1985)	Herself

19.	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975)	Herself

20.	...And Beautiful II (1970) (TV)	Herself - Singer

Additional Details

Other Works:

CD: "Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings" (songs recorded between 1935-1949). more

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3 Biographical Movies | 3 Portrayals | 3 Print Biographies | 6 Articles | 1 Pictorial more

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Drama | Comedy | Romance | Music more

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Female Nudity | New York City | Male Female Relationship | Based On Novel more

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