Duke Ellington
Actor
- Born
- April 29, 1899 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Died
- May 24, 1974 (age 75)
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
Anatomy of a Murder
July 1, 1959
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
September 11, 2024
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
February 25, 2019
Cabin in the Sky
March 24, 1943
Black and Tan
December 8, 1929
The Apollo
April 24, 2019
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
September 12, 1935
Murder at the Vanities
May 18, 1934
Belle of the Nineties
September 21, 1934
Birth of the Blues
November 7, 1941
Piano Blues
October 4, 2003
A Bundle of Blues
January 31, 1933
Acting59
- 2024I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Steve e il Duca as Self (archival)
- 2022Charlie Parker: Bird Songs as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Duke Ellington in Isfahan as Self (archive footage)
- 2019The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
- 2019The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- 2019Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live as Himself
- 2018The Jazz Ambassadors as Self (archive footage)