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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 15, 1894
Died
September 26, 1937
Place of Birth
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Bessie Smith
0.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.2
Self (archive footage)
The Story Of The Blues
2004
8.0
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002
5.1
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters
1999
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
1993
5.3
Bessie - Battered Wife
St. Louis Blues
1929
Credits
The Story Of The Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2004
4.2
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002
8.0
A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
5.1
Blues Masters
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.0
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self (archive footage)
1993
6.0
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
St. Louis Blues
as Bessie - Battered Wife
1929
5.3