Duke Ellington

Acting

Born 29/04/1899
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died 24/05/1974

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.

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Known For

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
2021
The Apollo
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
2019
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012
Jazz Evolution
2008
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
2007
Alice Babs - Swing It!
2007
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
2005
Parkinson
2004
The Story Of The Blues
2004
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Improvisation
2004
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
2003
Piano Blues
2003
The Intimate Duke Ellington
2003
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Jazz
2001
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
2000
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1991
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
1991
Moments without Proper Names
1987
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
What's Happening
Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
NET Playhouse
1966
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
The Strolling '20s
1966
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Discorama
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Jazz Ball
1956
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
Bambi
1948
Date with Duke
1947
Cabin in the Sky
1943
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Bli-Blip
1942
Birth of the Blues
1941
The Hit Parade
1937
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
Belle of the Nineties
1934
Many Happy Returns
1934
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
A Bundle of Blues
1933
Check and Double Check
1930
Black and Tan
1929