Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

Acting

Birthday

1894/04/15

Day of death

1937/09/26 (43 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Also know as

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Biography

Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.

Acting
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
0.0

(1993) Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues

as Self (archive footage)

St. Louis Blues
5.3

(1929) St. Louis Blues

as Bessie - Battered Wife

The Story Of The Blues
4.2

(2004) The Story Of The Blues

as Self (archive footage)

Blues Masters
6.0

(1999) Blues Masters

as Self (archive footage)

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
0.0

(1989) Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

as Self (archive footage)

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
6.0

(1993) Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

as Self (archive footage)

A Huey P. Newton Story
5.2

(2001) A Huey P. Newton Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

It's Black Entertainment
8.0

(2002) It's Black Entertainment

as Self (archive footage)