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Duke Ellington
Personal Info
- Name:
Duke Ellington
- Birthday:
1899-04-29
- Place of Birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Gender:
Male
- Know For:
Acting
- Popularity: 0.687
- Also Known As
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Duke Ellington
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.
Top Movie Cast
Anatomy of a Murdertrue- Pie Eye (uncredited)
1959-07-01
7.8
Murder at the Vanitiestrue- Duke Ellington
1934-05-18
5.4
Belle of the Ninetiestrue- Piano Player
1934-09-21
5.8
Birth of the Bluestrue- Self (archive footage)
1941-11-07
5.3
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989true- Self
2014-01-13
0.5
Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58true- Self - Piano
2007-05-21
0.0
Black and Tantrue- Duke Ellington
1929-12-08
6.2
Duke Ellington in Isfahantrue- Self (archive footage)
2021-09-02
0.0
On the Road with Duke Ellingtontrue- Self
1974-12-31
0.0
A Bundle of Bluestrue- Self
1933-01-31
5.6
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Lifetrue- Self
1935-09-12
6.6
The Hit Paradetrue- Duke Ellington
1937-04-26
4.0
The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellingtontrue- Self
1991-01-01
0.0
Jam Sessiontrue- Self - Piano
1942-01-01
6.1
Reveille with Beverlytrue- Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
1943-02-04
7.0
Bli-Bliptrue- Himself
1942-01-01
8.0
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collectiontrue- Himself
2005-10-25
0.0
The Story Of The Bluestrue- Self
2004-06-30
4.2
Alice Babs - Swing It!true- Himself (archive footage)
2007-01-01
0.0
The Harlem Renaissancetrue- Self (archive footage)
2004-01-01
6.0
Improvisationtrue- Self
2004-01-01
0.0
Hot Chocolatetrue- Self (uncredited)
1941-02-20
7.5
The Strolling '20strue- Self
1966-02-04
0.0
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943true- Self
2000-01-01
0.0
The Jazz Ambassadorstrue- Self (archive footage)
2018-05-04
7.0
Jazz Evolutiontrue- Self - Piano
2008-08-12
6.0
Jazz Balltrue- Self (archive footage)
1956-01-01
7.0
Cabin in the Skytrue- Duke Ellington (uncredited)
1943-03-24
6.3
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardenstrue- Self
2003-11-11
0.0
Piano Bluestrue- Self (archive footage)
2003-10-04
6.5
The Intimate Duke Ellingtontrue- Self
2003-06-17
0.0
It's Black Entertainmenttrue- Self (archive footage)
2002-02-08
8.0
Black Shadows on a Silver Screentrue- Self (archive footage)
1975-04-19
0.0
The Apollotrue- Self (archive footage)
2019-04-24
6.3
Check and Double Checktrue- Orchestra Leader
1930-10-02
5.3
Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feelingtrue- Self
2005-04-19
0.0
Many Happy Returnstrue- Piano Player (uncredited)
1934-06-08
5.3
The Green Book: Guide to Freedomtrue- Self - Musician (archive footage)
2019-02-25
7.7
Charlie Parker: Bird Songstrue- Self (archive footage)
2022-01-09
6.8
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Étattrue- Self (archive footage)
2024-09-11
8.0
Jazz Legends in Their Own Wordstrue- Self
2014-05-24
0.0
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Storytrue- Self (archive footage)
2024-09-12
0.0
Top Movie Crew
Anatomy of a Murdertrue
Sound
1959-07-01
7.8
So Longtrue
Sound
2012-11-21
7.0
The Turning Pointtrue
Sound
1977-11-14
6.5
Assault on a Queentrue
Sound
1966-06-15
5.5
Daybreak Expresstrue
Sound
1953-01-01
7.3
Change of Mindtrue
Sound
1969-10-08
6.0
Cabin in the Skytrue
Sound
1943-03-24
6.3
Sophisticated Ladiestrue
Writing
1982-11-05
0.0
Paris Bluestrue
Sound
1961-09-27
6.5
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Lifetrue
Sound
1935-09-12
6.6
On the Road with Duke Ellingtontrue
Sound
1974-12-31
0.0
The Vampiretrue
Sound
1945-12-31
6.5
