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Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 15, 1894
Died
September 26, 1937
Age
43
Place of Birth
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
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Bessie Smith
Acting
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.
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STAIN
2024 · Movie
8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Movie
6.5
Blues Masters
1999 · Movie
5.4
A Huey P. Newton Story
2001 · Movie
7.5
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993 · Movie
4.2
The Story Of The Blues
2004 · Movie
5.4
St. Louis Blues
1929 · Movie
0.0
Memories
2025 · Movie
0.0
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
1993 · Movie
Filmography
2004
The Story Of The Blues
Movie · Self (archive footage)
4.2
2002
It's Black Entertainment
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.7
2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
Movie · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.4
1999
Blues Masters
Movie · Self (archive footage)
6.5
1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.5
1993
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Movie · Self (archive footage)
0.0
1929
St. Louis Blues
Movie · Bessie - Battered Wife
5.4