Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith

Birthday: 1894-04-15

Deathday: 1937-09-26

Place of birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0807439

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, as well as jazz vocalists.

Played in movies:

It's Black Entertainment

Score: 8.0

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Score: 6.0

Blues Masters

Score: 6.0

St. Louis Blues

Score: 5.5

A Huey P. Newton Story

Score: 5.1

The Story Of The Blues

Score: 4.2

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Score: 0.0

Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues

Score: 0.0

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