Bessie Smith(1894-1937)

Bessie Smith was born on 15 April 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Angel Heart (1987), Wasser für die Elefanten (2011) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). She was married to Jack Gee. She died on 26 September 1937 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA.

7.2

6.9

8.0

7.2

Shining Girls
7.4
TV Series
- performer: "St. Louis Blues"
- 2022
The Shuroo Process
4.4
- performer: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"
- 2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
6.3
- performer: "T'Ain't Nobody's Bizness"
- 2021
Tales from the Loop
7.4
TV Series
- performer: "Careless Love Blues"
- 2020
Der Distelfink
6.4
- performer: "Lonesome Desert Blues"
- writer: "Lonesome Desert Blues"
- 2019
Dolemite Is My Name
7.2
- performer: "Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out"
- 2019
Sound of Metal
7.7
- performer: "Careless Love"
- 2019
Fast Color - Die Macht in Dir
6.1
- writer: "You've Been A Good Ole Wagon"
- 2018
Eric Clapton: Leben mit dem Blues
7.4
- writer: "Backwater Blues"
- 2017
Gas Light
2.3
- performer: "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Baby Won't You Please Come Home"
- 2017
Z: The Beginning of Everything
7.0
TV Series
- performer: "After You've Gone" (uncredited)
- 2017
Les Temps Modernes
Short
- performer: "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out"
- 2016
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill
7.8
TV Movie
- writer: "Baby Doll"
- 2016
Sophie and the Rising Sun
6.7
- performer: "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home"
- 2016
Miss Fishers mysteriöse Mordfälle
8.2
TV Series
- performer: "Nobody Knows When You're Down & Out"
- 2015

Trivia
According to 1900 census, she was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States in July, 1892. That date stands in contrast to April 15, 1894, which is the date indicated on her wedding certificate and confirmed by family members.