Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

15/04/1894

Day of Death

26/09/1937
(43) years old

Place of Birth

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Biography

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,... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2004

The Story Of The Blues

as Self (archive footage)

2002

It's Black Entertainment

as Self (archive footage)

2001

A Huey P. Newton Story

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999

Blues Masters

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

as Self (archive footage)

1993

Blues Masters - The Essential History of...

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

as Self (archive footage)

1929

St. Louis Blues

as Bessie - Battered Wife

Crew

2025

Memories

as Music

2024

STAIN

as Music