Name
Duke Ellington
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1899-04-29
Deathday
1974-05-24 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Biography
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and leader of a jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based in New York City from the mid-1920s and gained a national profile through his orchestra's appearances at the Cotton Club in Harlem.
Known For
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Director — and piano player — Clint Eastwood explores his life-long passion for piano ...
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Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered ...
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During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with t...
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Duke Ellington and Orchestra perform 'C Jam Blues'....
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Nightclub entertainer Ruby Carter moves from St. Louis to New Orleans to escape Tiger Kid....
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Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short ...
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As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marr...
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Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the t...
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The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment....
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In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that ...
- 1959 Anatomy of a Murder as Pie Eye (uncredited)
- 1934 Murder at the Vanities as Duke Ellington
- 1934 Belle of the Nineties as Piano Player
- 1941 Birth of the Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989 as Self
- 2007 Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58 as Self - Piano
- 1929 Black and Tan as Duke Ellington
- 2021 Duke Ellington in Isfahan as Self (archive footage)
- 1974 On the Road with Duke Ellington as Self
- 1933 A Bundle of Blues as Self
- 1935 Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life as Self
- 1937 The Hit Parade as Duke Ellington
- 1947 Date with Duke as Self
- 1991 The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington as Self
- 1942 Jam Session as Self - Piano
- 1943 Reveille with Beverly as Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
- 1942 Bli-Blip as Himself
- 1952 Mood Indigo as Self
- 1952 Sophisticated Lady as Self
- 2005 Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection as Himself
- 2004 The Story Of The Blues as Self
- 2024 Steve e il Duca as Self (archival)
- 2007 Alice Babs - Swing It! as Himself (archive footage)
- 2004 The Harlem Renaissance as Self (archive footage)
- 1952 Solitude as Self
- 1942 I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
- 1942 Flamingo
- 1943 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
- 1949 Symphony In Swing
- 1950 Salute to Duke Ellington
- 2004 Improvisation as Self
- 1941 Hot Chocolate as Self (uncredited)
- 1966 The Strolling '20s as Self
- 2000 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943 as Self
- 2018 The Jazz Ambassadors as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 Jazz Evolution as Self - Piano
- 1956 Jazz Ball as Self (archive footage)
- 1943 Cabin in the Sky as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
- 2003 Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens as Self
- 2003 Piano Blues as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 The Intimate Duke Ellington as Self
- 2002 It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 1975 Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
- 1930 Check and Double Check as Orchestra Leader
- 2005 Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling as Self
- 1934 Many Happy Returns as Piano Player (uncredited)
- 2019 The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2022 Charlie Parker: Bird Songs as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 Duke Ellington: Love You Madly as Self
- 2014 Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- 2024 I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live as Himself
- 1966 Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro as Self
- 1966 The First World Festival of Negro Arts as Himself
- 1969 Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969 as Self
- 1987 Moments without Proper Names as Self (archive footage)
- 1991 The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
- 1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 as Self
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2001 Jazz ( 10 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 10 episodes ) as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1951 German Film Award ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1959 Discorama ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1959 The Bell Telephone Hour ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 Aktuelle Schaubude ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon What's Happening ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1966 NET Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Self
