Highest rated movie: Strange Fruit (2002)
Lowest rated movie: Emperor Jones (1933)
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Looking for reviews of Billie Holiday movies? Cinafilm has a total of 39 reviews across 6 movies.
Movies starring Billie Holiday have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 65%.
Strange Fruit - released in 2002 - is Billie Holiday's highest rated movie, with a score of 79% based on 6 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Billie Holiday is Emperor Jones - released in 1933 - with a score of 59% based on 14 reviews.
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.
Billie Holiday has acted in films with Paul Robeson, Harold Nicholas, Loretta Young and Angela Bassett.
Billie Holiday has worked with these film directors: Arthur Lubin, James Erskine, Dudley Murphy and Roger Ross Williams.
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