Billie Holiday (I) (1915–1959) |
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Billie Holiday was a true artist of her day and rose as a social phenomenon in the 1950s. Her soulful, unique singing voice and her ability to boldly turn any material that she confronted into her own music made her a superstar of her time. Today, Holiday is remembered for her masterpieces, creativity and vivacity, as many of Holiday's songs are ...
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Born:in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USADied:(age 44) in New York City, New York, USA |
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Soundtrack (241 credits)
Soundtrack (241 credits)
CBS News Sunday Morning
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2021) (writer - 1 episode, 2021)
- Episode #43.5
(2021)
... (performer: "Fine And Mellow", "Strange Fruit") / (writer: "Fine And Mellow")
2020
Lovecraft Country
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Full Circle
(2020)
... (performer: "Easy Living")
- Jig-a-Bobo
(2020)
... (performer: "Stormy Weather")
2020
Home Before Dark
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Search Party
(2020)
... (performer: "These Foolish Things")
2020
Little Fires Everywhere
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Spider Web
(2020)
... (writer: "Don't Explain")
2020
Star Trek: Picard
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Broken Pieces
(2020)
... (performer: "Solitude")
2019
The Crown
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Margaretology
(2019)
... (performer: "When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)" - uncredited)
2015-2019
The Man in the High Castle
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Hexagram 64
(2019)
... (performer: "Farewell to Storyville")
- Sunrise
(2015)
... (performer: "Strange Fruit" - uncredited)
2019
Watchmen
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- If You Don't Like My Story, Write Your Own
(2019)
... (performer: "You're My Thrill" - uncredited)
2019
The Terror
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Sparrow in a Swallow's Nest
(2019)
... (performer: "I'll Never Fail You")
2019
Antenize
(TV Series) (music - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 1 June 2019
(2019)
... (music: "Agora ou Nunca" (Now or Never))
2019
Thomas Sanders
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Historic Heroes: On a Holiday
(2019)
... (performer: "All of Me")
2019
ESCZ Offstage with Kraig
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Andrea Holá
(2019)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2019
True Detective
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
(2019)
... (writer: "Billie's Blues")
2018
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Simone
(2018)
... (performer: "Autumn in New York")
2018
Forever
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Oceanside
(2018)
... (performer: "Trav'lin' All Alone")
2018
Instinct
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Bye Bye Birdie
(2018)
... (performer: "Sun Showers")
2018
American Crime Story
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Alone
(2018)
... (performer: "The Man I Love" - uncredited)
This Is Us
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2018) (writer - 1 episode, 2018)
- Clooney
(2018)
... (performer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited) / (writer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited)
2017
Stranger Things
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Chapter Six: The Spy
(2017)
... (performer: "You Better Go Now")
- Chapter Five: Dig Dug
(2017)
... (performer: "No More")
2017
The Last Tycoon
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- More Stars Than There Are in Heaven
(2017)
... (performer: "I Must Have That Man")
- Eine Kleine Reichmusik
(2017)
... (performer: "Pennies from Heaven")
2017
The Leftovers
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Book of Nora
(2017)
... (performer: "The Man I Love", "Back In Your Own Backyard", "Me, Myself and I ")
Bloodline
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)
- Part 27
(2017)
... (performer: "God Bless the Child") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2017
American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Members Only: The Playboy Club
(2017)
... (performer: "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" - uncredited)
2016-2017
The Vampire Diaries
(TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- We're Planning a June Wedding
(2017)
... (performer: "I'm a Fool to Want You" - uncredited)
- You Decided That I Was Worth Saving
(2016)
... (performer: "Things are Looking Up" - uncredited)
- Today Will Be Different
(2016)
... (performer: "All the Way" - uncredited)
- Somebody That I Used to Know
(2016)
... (performer: "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me")
2015-2016
The Originals
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Wild at Heart
(2016)
... (performer: "More Than You Know" - uncredited)
- I Love You, Goodbye
(2015)
... (performer: "More Than You Know" - uncredited)
2016
The Flash
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Potential Energy
(2016)
... (performer: "This Year's Kisses" - uncredited)
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- You Go to My Head
(2014)
... (performer: "You Go To My Head" - uncredited)
2014
Schwarzkopf BRD: Martin Luther King in Berlin!
(Documentary) (performer: "Strange Fruits" - as Billie Holliday)
2014
Manhattan
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The New World
(2014)
... (performer: "You Go To My Head" - uncredited)
2014
The Colbert Report
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Audra McDonald
(2014)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
Criminal Minds
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2006 - 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2007)
- Strange Fruit
(2013)
... (performer: "Strange Fruit" - as Billie Holliday)
- Fear and Loathing
(2007)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
- The Fisher King: Part 1
(2006)
... (performer: "You Go to My Head")
Sleepy Hollow
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)
- The Sin Eater
(2013)
... (performer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited) / (writer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited)
2004-2013
The X Factor UK
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Auditions 8
(2013)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited)
- Episode #5.15
(2008)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited)
- Auditions 5
(2004)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited)
2013
American Dad!
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Blood Crieth Unto Heaven
(2013)
... (performer: "Strange Fruit")
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)
- Spirit Child
(2012)
... (performer: "Stormy Blues") / (writer: "Stormy Blues")
2012
Duets
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Favorite Standards
(2012)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2012
Upstairs Downstairs
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- The Last Waltz
(2012)
... (performer: "These Foolish Things" - uncredited)
- A Faraway Country About Which We Know Nothing
(2012)
... (performer: "The Very Thought of You" - uncredited)
2012
Alcatraz
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Paxton Petty
(2012)
... (performer: "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" - uncredited)
2012
Bomb Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- How You Trust
(2012)
... (performer: "I'll Never Be The Same")
2011
Pan Am
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Genuine Article
(2011)
... (performer: "Just One More Chance" - uncredited)
2011
Mildred Pierce
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Part Five
(2011)
... (performer: "Carelessly")
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2010) (writer - 1 episode, 2010)
- Episode #6.2
(2010)
... (performer: "God Bless the Child") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2010
Gent de paraula
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(2010)
... (performer: "Lover Man")
2010
15 Till Midnight
(performer: "As Time Goes By (Dub Remix)", "They Can't Take That Away From Me")
2010
$#*! My Dad Says
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2010)
... (performer: "But Not For Me" - uncredited)
2010
True Blood
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
(2010)
... (performer: "I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues" - uncredited)
2010
The Pacific
(TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Peleliu Landing
(2010)
... (performer: "Solitude")
2010
Private Practice
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Love Bites
(2010)
... (performer: "Crazy He Calls Me" - uncredited)
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Mandy Is Two", "Trav'lin' Light")
2009
Dzi Croquettes
(Documentary) (performer: "God Bless the Child") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2009
Land Girls
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Childhood's End
(2009)
... (performer: "I'll Be Seeing You" - uncredited)
Nurse Jackie
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)
- Nose Bleed
(2009)
... (performer: "Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)" - uncredited) / (writer: "Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)" - uncredited)
2009
Lost
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- He's Our You
(2009)
... (performer: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" - uncredited)
2009
United States of Tara
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Betrayal
(2009)
... (performer: "Good Morning, Heartache" - uncredited)
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression
(Video documentary) (performer: "I've Got Those Lost My Man Blues" - uncredited)
2008
Later... With Jools Holland
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #31.3
(2008)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2007
Nip/Tuck
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Chaz Darling
(2007)
... (performer: "I'm Gonna Lock My Heart (Madison Park Remix)")
2007
The War
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- FUBAR: September 1944 - December 1944
(2007)
... (performer: "Pennies from Heaven")
2007
Uvolnete se, prosím
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 23 February 2007
(2007)
... (lyrics: "God Bless the Child")
2006
Grey's Anatomy
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Staring at the Sun
(2006)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2006
The Wire
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Know Your Place
(2006)
... (performer: "I Cover the Waterfront" - uncredited)
2006
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Treehouse of Horror XVII
(2006)
... (performer: "Gloomy Sunday" - uncredited)
2004-2006
Canadian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Top 3: Standards
(2006)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
- Group 1 Performances
(2004)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2006
The West Wing
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Cold
(2006)
... (performer: "Body & Soul")
2005
American Masters
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005)
... (performer: "Strange Fruit")
2004-2005
Cold Case
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Best Friends
(2005)
... (performer: "Trav'lin' All Alone")
- Red Glare
(2004)
... (performer: "Yesterdays")
2005
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
(Documentary) (performer: "God Bless the Child") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2005) (writer - 1 episode, 2005)
- Keeping Time: The Life, Music & Photographs of Milt Hinton
(2005)
... (performer: "Don't Worry 'Bout Me")
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
(2005)
... (performer: "God Bless the Child") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2005
American Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 20 Performance Show: Part 2 (Girls)
(2005)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
2004
Med sjela i Sjøgata
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.6
(2004)
... (performer: "April in My Heart")
2004
The 4400
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Pilot: Part 2
(2004)
... (performer: "Cheek to Cheek" - uncredited)
2003
The Blues
(TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Warming by the Devil's Fire
(2003)
... (performer: "I'm A Fool to want You")
Carnivàle
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2003) (performer - 1 episode, 2003)
- Tipton
(2003)
... (performer: "Love Me or Leave Me" - uncredited) / (writer: "Love Me or Leave Me" - uncredited)
- After the Ball Is Over
(2003)
... (writer: "Love Me or Leave Me" - uncredited)
2003
Anything Else
(performer: "Easy to Love", "The Way You Look Tonight", "I Can't Believe That You're in Love with Me")
2002
Livshunger
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(2002)
... (performer: "DID I REMEMBER")
2002
Sex and the City
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A 'Vogue' Idea
(2002)
... (performer: "Body and Soul")
2000
Skärgårdsdoktorn
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Se till mig som liten är
(2000)
... (performer: "This Year's Kisses" - as Billie Holliday)
1999
Angela's Ashes
(performer: "Pennies from Heaven", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Your Mother's Son in Law")
1999
The Rage: Carrie 2
(performer: "God Bless the Child", "Comes Love") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1998
Children in Need
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.19
(1998)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1993
Fallen Angels
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Murder, Obliquely
(1993)
... (performer: "A Fine Romance")
- The Quiet Room
(1993)
... (performer: "A Fine Romance")
1992
Diana Ross Live! The Lady Sings... Jazz & Blues: Stolen Moments
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Fine and Mellow", "Don't Explain", "God Bless The Child", "Fine and Mellow" (reprise))
1992
In Living Color
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Anton Returns
(1992)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child" - uncredited)
1992
The Arsenio Hall Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 3 June 1992
(1992)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1989
Valentina
(TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes)
- Valentina assassina
(1989)
... (performer: "That Ole Devil Called Love")
- Farfalle
(1989)
... (performer: "That Old Devil Called Love")
- Jack ama Lulu
(1989)
... (performer: "That Ole Devil Called Love")
- Violoncello
(1989)
... (performer: "That Ole Devil Called Love")
1989
Murphy Brown
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Mama Said
(1989)
... (performer: "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues" - uncredited)
1988
Rocket Gibraltar
(performer: "You Better Go Now", "Don't Explain", "Foolin' Myself") / (writer: "Don't Explain")
1988
Late Night with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 6 July 1988
(1988)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1986
Amazing Stories
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Grandpa's Ghost
(1986)
... (performer: "Good Morning Heartache" - uncredited)
1979
Promises in the Dark
(performer: "I'M GONNA LOCK MY HEART AND THROW AWAY THE KEY", "GOD BLESS THE CHILD") / (writer: "GOD BLESS THE CHILD")
1977
The Bob Hope Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tribute to Vaudeville with Lucille Ball, Bernadette Peters, Ben Vereen, Jimmie Walker, The Captain & Tenille, Jack Albertson
(1977)
... (writer: "God Bless The Child")
1976
The Sonny and Cher Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.9
(1976)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1972
Lady Sings the Blues
(lyrics: "Don't Explain", "God Bless the Child", "Fine and Mellow", "Lady Sings the Blues" - uncredited) / (music: "Don't Explain", "God Bless the Child", "Fine and Mellow", "Lady Sings the Blues" - uncredited)
1972
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(1972)
... (writer: "God Bless the Childl")
1972
Malcolm X
(Documentary) (performer: "God Bless the Child", "Strange Fruit") / (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1969
This Is Tom Jones
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.13
(1969)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1965
Shindig!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.21
(1965)
... (writer: "God Bless the Child")
1959
M Squad
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- The Platter Pirates
(1959)
... (writer: "Lady Sings the Blues")
- Voluntary Surrender
(1959)
... (writer: "Lady Sings the Blues")
1949
The Art Ford Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 10 September 1949
(1949)
... (performer: "Them There Eyes", "Detour Ahead", "I Cover the Waterfront", "All of Me")
1947
New Orleans
(performer: "(Do You Know What It Means to Miss) New Orleans" (1947), "Farewell to Storyville" (uncredited), "The Blues Are Brewin'" (1947), "Endie" (1947))
1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
(Short) (performer: "I've Got Those Lost My Man Blues")
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Self (13 credits)
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