Duke Ellington
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1899-04-29
Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Popularity: 0.3
Biography
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.
Known For Filmography
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
What's My Line?
1950
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Bambi
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948No Photo
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
The Steve Allen Show
1956
Le Grand Échiquier
1972No Photo
German Film Award
1951
Discorama
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
Jazz
2001
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
NET Playhouse
1966
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
The Apollo
2019
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Reveille with Beverly
1943
Cabin in the Sky
1943
Piano Blues
2003
Belle of the Nineties
1934
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
The Hit Parade
1937
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024
The Strolling '20s
1966
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Birth of the Blues
1941
The Story Of The Blues
2004
The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
1991
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
Jazz Ball
1956
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
Check and Double Check
1930No Photo
Duke Ellington: Love You Madly
1967
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
Jam Session
1942
Black and Tan
1929
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
2022
Hot Chocolate
1941No Photo
On the Road with Duke Ellington
1974
Moments without Proper Names
1987
Jazz Evolution
2008
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
2014
Many Happy Returns
1934No Photo
Steve e il Duca
2024
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
What's Happening
N/A
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Improvisation
2004No Photo
Date with Duke
1947
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
Bli-Blip
1942
Alice Babs - Swing It!
2007No Photo
I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good
1942No Photo
Sophisticated Lady
1952
Duke Ellington Orchestra @ Berliner Jazztage 1969
1969No Photo
Salute to Duke Ellington
1950
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington
1991
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling
2005No Photo
Flamingo
1942
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58
2007
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
2003No Photo
Symphony In Swing
1949
A Bundle of Blues
1933
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943
2000No Photo
Solitude
1952No Photo
Mood Indigo
1952
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live
2019
The Intimate Duke Ellington
2003
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
2021No Photo