Ella Fitzgerald

Actress

Born: April 25, 1917 (79 years old)

Died: June 15, 1996

Place of birth: Newport News, Virginia, USA

Biography

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.

Filmography (17)

• St. Louis Blues (1958, ★ 7.6)
• Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019, ★ 7.1)
• The Carol Burnett Show (1967, ★ 7.7)
• Pete Kelly's Blues (1955, ★ 6.1)
• The Music According to Tom Jobim (2012, ★ 7)
• Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960, ★ 5.6)
• Improvisation (1950, ★ 5)
• Ride 'Em Cowboy (1941, ★ 5.9)
• The Apollo (2019, ★ 6.5)
• The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950, ★ 6.8)
• The White Shadow (1978, ★ 7.1)
• The Kennedy Center Honors (1978, ★ 7.4)
• What's My Line? (1950, ★ 7)
• Omnibus (1967, ★ 7.2)
• Soul Boys of the Western World (2014, ★ 5.8)
• The Tender Game (1958, ★ 6.6)
• The Flip Wilson Show (1970, ★ 4.6)