RECENT CREDITS
Amanti (FILM)  Dec. 19, 1968
Onkel Toms Hütte (FILM)  Dec. 23, 1965
Let No Man Write My Epitaph (FILM)  Nov. 1, 1960
St. Louis Blues (FILM)  Apr. 1, 1958
Pete Kelly's Blues (FILM)  Aug. 1, 1955
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HIGHLIGHTS
Created her fluid style by trying to imitate the horns in the band.
In 1934, she entered the Apollo Theatre's Amateur Night contest as a dancer, but opted to sing instead and won the prize.
Drummer Chick Webb was her legal guardian for a brief time after her mother died.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Amanti  1968
Songwriter, Singer
Film


Onkel Toms Hütte  1965 -Ella Fitzgerald
Voice
Film


Let No Man Write My Epitaph  1960 -Flora
Actor
Film


St. Louis Blues  1958 -Herself
Actor
Film


Pete Kelly's Blues  1955 -Maggie Jackson
Actor
Film


Ride 'Em Cowboy   -Ruby
Actor
Film


Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs  
Performance
Film


The Setting Sun  
Musical Performer
Film


Voyage to Next  
Actor
Film




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Highlights

Created her fluid style by trying to imitate the horns in the band.
In 1934, she entered the Apollo Theatre's Amateur Night contest as a dancer, but opted to sing instead and won the prize.
Drummer Chick Webb was her legal guardian for a brief time after her mother died.
The glass that Fitzgerald shattered during the famous "Is it live or is it Memorex?" commercials resides in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.


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