Ella Fitzgerald
Known for: Acting
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
Filmography
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest
1967
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Die Drehscheibe
Self
1964
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
Series
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Series
The Danny Kaye Show
Self
1963
Series
The White Shadow
Maxine Jefferies
1978
Series
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
1959
Series
The Hollywood Palace
Self - Singer
1964
Series
Legends
Self (archive footage)
2006
Das Sonntagskonzert
Self
1969
Series
A Life in Ten Pictures
Self (archive footage)
2021
Night-Club
Self
1968
The Pearl Bailey Show
Self
1971
Film
Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia
Self
1963
Film
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Ruby
1941
Film
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Pete Kelly's Blues
Maggie Jackson
1955
Film
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Flora
1960
Film
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Soul Boys of the Western World
2014
Playboy's Penthouse
Self
1959
Film
St. Louis Blues
Singer
1958
Series
Previn and the Pittsburgh
Self
1977
Film
Quincy Jones, Music Man
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
Self
1990
Film
Improvisation
Self
1950
They All Came Out to Montreux
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar
Self
1995
Film
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self
1990
Film
Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1975
Self - vocals
1975
Film
Improvisation
Self
2004
Ella
Self
1964
Film
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
60 Songs: BBC Two at 60
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
Film
President Kennedy's Birthday Salute
Self
1962
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
Self
2017
Film
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
Self
1989
Series
The Grammys
Self
1959
Film
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1991
Film
Ella Fitzgerald Swings
Self (archive material)
1965
Film
…Sings Musicals
Self (archive footage)
2012
Andělé pro lady F...
Self
1970
Film
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Self (archive footage)
2013
Film
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Film
Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match"
Self (Vocals)
1979
Film
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim
Self - Singer
1967
Film
Ella Fitzgerald Sings
Self (archive footage)
1965
Film
The Music According to Tom Jobim
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
The Legendary Nat King Cole
Self
2004
Film
Ella Fitzgerald Live in Australia
Self - Vocalist
1960
Film
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
Film
Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux 1969
Self
1969
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
Self
2013
Film
Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne
Self - Vocals
1974
Film
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
Self
1974
Film
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)
Film
Jazz Icons Ella Fitzgerald Live in 57 & 63
Self
2006
Film
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
2006
Film
Ella Fitzgerald at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
Self
1974
Film
Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass - Duets In Hanover
2004
Film
Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival
Self
1979
Film
Ella Fitzgerald: Best of the BBC Vaults
Self
2010
Film
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
Self
1966