Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) |
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On Saturday, June 15th, 1996, an era in jazz singing came to an end, with the death of Ella Fitzgerald at her home in California. She was the last of four great female jazz singers (including Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae) who defined one of the most prolific eras in jazz vocal style. Ella had extraordinary vocal skills from the ...
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Born:in Newport News, Virginia, USADied:(age 79) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Soundtrack (200 credits)
Soundtrack (200 credits)
2019
Mindhunter
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.5
(2019)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek" - uncredited)
2017-2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Look, She Made a Hat
(2018)
... (performer: "Old Mother Hubbard")
- The Disappointment of the Dionne Quintuplets
(2017)
... (performer: "Isn't This a Lovely Day" - uncredited)
2018
Preguntes freqüents
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- La justícia espanyola, cega o encegada?
(2018)
... (lyrics: "Shiny Stockings")
2017
Lethal Weapon
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Wreck the Halls
(2017)
... (performer: "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!")
Gregory Porter's Popular Voices
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)
- Showstoppers
(2017)
... (performer: "How High the Moon", "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", "Sing Me a Swing Song (and Let Me Dance)", "Mack the Knife" - uncredited) / (writer: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" - uncredited)
2017
Popular Voices at the BBC
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Showstoppers at the BBC
(2017)
... (performer: "Mack the Knife")
2017
Electric Dreams
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Hood Maker
(2017)
... (performer: "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - uncredited)
2017
Salvation
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- From Russia, with Love
(2017)
... (performer: "The Nearness of You" - uncredited)
2017
The Last Tycoon
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- An Enemy Among Us
(2017)
... (performer: "I'm Just A Jitterbug" - uncredited)
2017
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Birth of the Centerfold: The Girl Next Door
(2017)
... (performer: "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - uncredited)
2016
An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas
(TV Movie) (performer: "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" - uncredited)
2016
Containment
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Path to Paradise
(2016)
... (performer: "The Nearness of You" - uncredited)
- Like a Sheep Among Wolves
(2016)
... (performer: "Prelude to a Kiss" - uncredited)
2016
Wayward Pines
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Sound the Alarm
(2016)
... (performer: "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" - uncredited)
2016
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Greg and Larry
(2016)
... (performer: "Blue Skies" - uncredited)
2015
The Man in the High Castle
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Illustrated Woman
(2015)
... (performer: "Summertime" - uncredited)
2015
The Voice
(TV Series) (arranger - 1 episode)
- The Blind Auditions, Part 9
(2015)
... (arranger: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket")
2015
Better Call Saul
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Uno
(2015)
... (performer: "Address Unknown" - uncredited)
2014
Tidsrejsen
(TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes)
- En ny tid
(2014)
... (performer: "Let it Snow", "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer")
- Har vi hund?
(2014)
... (performer: "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer")
- Fanvæg
(2014)
... (performer: "Winter Wonderland")
- Tiden står stille
(2014)
... (performer: "The Christmas Song")
- Blind Date
(2014)
... (performer: "White Christmas")
2014
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Final Straw
(2014)
... (performer: "At Last" - uncredited)
2014
Forever
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Art of Murder
(2014)
... (performer: "My One and Only Love" - uncredited)
2009-2014
So You Think You Can Dance
(TV Series) (performer - 6 episodes)
- Top 4 Perform
(2014)
... (performer: "Hernando's Hideaway")
- Top 10 Perform: 2 Eliminated
(2013)
... (performer: "Too Darn Hot" (RAC Mix))
- Top 4 Perform
(2011)
... (performer: "Whatever Lola Wants")
- Top 8 Perform
(2011)
... (performer: "Top Hat, White Tie and Tails")
- Finale: Winner Announced
(2009)
... (performer: "Take the "A" Train")
2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
(Documentary) (performer: "They All Laughed')
2014
Manhattan
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A New Approach to Nuclear Cosmology
(2014)
... (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me" - uncredited)
2013-2014
Masters of Sex
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Kyrie Eleison
(2014)
... (performer: "Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love)" - uncredited)
- Pilot
(2013)
... (performer: "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me")
2014/II
Committed
(Short) (performer: "If That's What You're Thinking, You're Wrong", "My Last Goodbye")
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (3 episodes, 2006 - 2014) (performer - 3 episodes, 2007 - 2008) (arranger - 1 episode, 2008)
- Semifinals
(2014)
... ("Too Darn Hot" (RAC Mix))
- Round 8
(2008)
... (performer: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" - uncredited)
- Round 4
(2008)
... (arranger: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" - uncredited) / (performer: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" - uncredited)
- Round 1
(2007)
... (performer: "Too Darn Hot", "Cheek To Cheek")
- Round 3
(2006)
... ("Hernando's Hideaway")
2014
Call the Midwife
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #3.7
(2014)
... (performer: "Reaching for the Moon" - uncredited)
2009-2014
Dancing on Ice
(TV Series) (performer - 5 episodes)
- Week 4: The Skate-Off
(2014)
... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz" - uncredited)
- Week 4
(2014)
... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz" - uncredited)
- Week 1: The Skate-Off
(2014)
... (performer: "Too Darn Hot" - uncredited)
- Week 1
(2014)
... (performer: "Too Darn Hot" - uncredited)
- Episode #4.9
(2009)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek")
2013
Supernatural
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Everybody Hates Hitler
(2013)
... (performer: "Get Thee Behind Me Satan")
2012
Parenthood
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- What to My Wondering Eyes
(2012)
... (performer: "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - uncredited)
2012
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tricks and Treats
(2012)
... (writer: "A Little Bit Later On" - uncredited)
2012
DCI Banks
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Dry Bones That Dream: Part 1
(2012)
... (performer: "It Had to Be You" - uncredited)
2012
Grey's Anatomy
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Girl with No Name
(2012)
... (performer: "My Funny Valentine" - uncredited)
2012
The River
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Doctor Emmet Cole
(2012)
... (performer: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" - uncredited)
2011
Revenge
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Guilt
(2011)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek (3/18/58)" - uncredited)
2011
Pan Am
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Eastern Exposure
(2011)
... (performer: "Blue Skies" - uncredited)
2011
So You Think You Can Dance Canada
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Top 8 Performance
(2011)
... (performer: "Airmail Special" (Club des Belugas Remix))
2011
20 to 1
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Hollywood Twists
(2011)
... (performer: "Puttin' on the Ritz" - uncredited)
2011
Friday Night Lights
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Always
(2011)
... (performer: "Sleigh Ride" - uncredited)
2010
Nurse Jackie
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Monkey Bits
(2010)
... (performer: "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" - uncredited)
2010
Fringe
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Brown Betty
(2010)
... (performer: "Blue Moon" - uncredited)
2010
Private Practice
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- 'Til Death Do Us Part
(2010)
... (performer: "(I've Got) Beginner's Luck" - uncredited)
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Midnight Sun", "Satin Doll")
2008
The Starter Wife
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Woman Over the Influence
(2008)
... (performer: "The Very Thought Of You (Album Version) " - uncredited)
2008
Skins
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Cassie
(2008)
... (performer: "Take Love Easy" - uncredited)
1999-2007
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character
(2007)
... (performer: "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - uncredited)
- Yours for a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley
(1999)
... (performer: "Can't We Be Friends?", "I Must Have That Man" - uncredited)
2007
Mad Men
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- New Amsterdam
(2007)
... (performer: "Manhattan" - uncredited)
2007
Great Performances
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song
(2007)
... (writer: "A Tisket a Tasket")
2007
Protagonistas del recuerdo
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ismael Merlo
(2007)
... (performer: "People")
2007
Torchwood
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Captain Jack Harkness
(2007)
... (performer: "My Melancholy Baby" - uncredited)
2006
House
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Merry Little Christmas
(2006)
... (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" - uncredited)
2005
Ghost Whisperer
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ghost Bride
(2005)
... (performer: "Do I Love You")
2005
7th Heaven
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Red Socks
(2005)
... (performer: "Love is Sweeping the Country")
2004
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Letter
(2004)
... (performer: "Stars Fell On Alabama", "Blue Moon")
2003
Mwah! The Best of the Dinah Shore Show
(TV Special) (performer: "The Memphis Blues" (originally "Mr. Crump"), "St. Louis Blues")
2003
Miss Match
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Jive Turkey
(2003)
... (performer: "Swingin' Shepherd Blues")
2003
Frasier
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Babysitter
(2003)
... (performer: "My Funny Valentine" - uncredited)
2002
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Can't We Be Friends?" - uncredited)
2002
The West Wing
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Process Stories
(2002)
... (performer: "Someone to Watch Over Me")
2002
Gilmore Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- I Can't Get Started
(2002)
... (performer: "I Can't Get Started" - uncredited)
2000
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Do Not Resuscitate
(2000)
... (performer: "Goodnight, My Love" - uncredited)
1999
Zwei Männer am Herd
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Betriebsferien
(1999)
... (performer: "Puttin' On The Ritz" - uncredited)
- Zwei Männer am Herd
(1999)
... (performer: "Night and Day" - uncredited)
1998
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
(Documentary) (performer: "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You")
1998
Sex and the City
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Oh Come All Ye Faithful
(1998)
... (performer: "No Regrets" - uncredited)
1997
The Last Time I Committed Suicide
(performer: "A Tisket, A Tasket") / (writer: "A Tisket, A Tasket")
1992
Malcolm X
(performer: "Stairway to the Stars", "Drop Me Off in Harlem", "Undecided", "Chew Chew Chew", "Azure") / (writer: "Chew Chew Chew")
1973-1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- The last Tonight Show
(1992)
... (performer: "Sweet Georgia Brown" (1925) - uncredited)
- Episode dated 11 January 1973
(1973)
... (performer: "Sweet Georgia Brown", "Love for Sale", "What's Going On")
1990
Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come
(TV Special documentary) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp" - uncredited)
1989
When Harry Met Sally...
(performer: "Our Love Is Here To Stay", "Let's Call The Whole Thing Off", "Where Or When")
1989
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Here's a Cute Way to Wrap up the Holiday Season
(1989)
... (performer: "It's a Paper Moon")
1986
The Singing Detective
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Who Done It
(1986)
... (performer: "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" - uncredited)
1981
Remember When...
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Birds and the Bees
... (performer: "Anything Goes")
1977
Dinah!
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Dinah and the First Ladies
(1977)
... (performer: "I'm Beginning To See The Light")
1967
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
(TV Special) (performer: "Body and Soul", "It's Alright with Me", "How High the Moon", "Up, Up and Away", "Jimmy Valentine", "Theme from 'Tony Rome'", "Goody Goody", "Don't Cry, Joe (Let her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)", "Ode to Billy Joe", "Goin' Out of My Head", "The Song Is You", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Don't Be That Way", "The Lady Is a Tramp" - uncredited)
1966
The Danny Kaye Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #4.4
(1966)
... (performer: "Hello, Dolly!" - as "Hello, Ella!") / (performer: "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" (uncredited), "It Don't Mean a Thing", "Mood Indigo" (uncredited), "Mood Indigo", "The Moment of Truth" (uncredited), "The Moment of Truth", "Where or When" (uncredited), "Where or When", "September in the Rain" (uncredited), "September in the Rain", "New Sun in the Sky" (uncredited), "New Sun in the Sky", "Great Day" (uncredited), "Great Day", "Happy Days Are Here Again" (uncredited), "Happy Days Are Here Again", "We Like Each Other Fine", "Body and Soul" (uncredited), "Body and Soul")
1966
The Andy Williams Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.1
(1966)
... (performer: "Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be)" - uncredited)
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
(performer: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love" (uncredited), "Angel Eyes" (uncredited), "Reach for Tomorrow")
1959
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
(TV Special) (performer: "There's a Lull in My Life", "Just You, Just Me", "Can't We Be Friends", "He Loves and She Loves", "Love Is Sweeping the Country" - uncredited)
1958
The Frank Sinatra Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ella Fitzgerald
(1958)
... (performer: "April in Paris", "Angel Eyes", "When You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)", "Moonlight in Vermont", "I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)", "Put Your Dreams Away" - uncredited)
1955
Pete Kelly's Blues
(performer: "Hard Hearted Hannah" (uncredited), "Pete Kelly's Blues", "Ella Hums the Blues" (uncredited)) / (writer: "Ella Hums the Blues" - uncredited)
1955
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.34
(1955)
... (performer: "Pete Kelly's Blues" (1955), "After I Say I'm Sorry" (1927))
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
("A-Tisket, A-Tasket") / (performer: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket", "Rockin' and Reelin'" (uncredited))
1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
(lyrics: "A-Tisket A-Tasket" (1938) - uncredited) / (music: "A-Tisket A-Tasket" (1938) - uncredited)
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Archive footage (54 credits)
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1 Biographical Movie | 4 Print Biographies | 3 Portrayals | 1 Interview | 1 Article | 2 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Height:
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I sing with my eyes closed, and my whole mind is concentrated on what I want to do. Any little noise can throw me. See more »Trivia:
Was the first artist to chart in the United Kingdom with a cover of the John Lennon / Paul McCartney song, "Can't Buy Me Love" (1964). George Martin, The Beatles' long-time producer, said that this was one of his favorites of all the songs he produced. See more »Trademark:
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