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Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

ActingApril 15, 1894(died age 43)Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

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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.

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Filmography (7)

The Story Of The Blues

2004·Self (archive footage)

It's Black Entertainment

2002·Self (archive footage)

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001·Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999·Self (archive footage)

Other Credits (2)

Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues

1993·Self (archive footage)

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

1993·Self (archive footage)

St. Louis Blues

1929·Bessie - Battered Wife