Acting · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA · Born April 15, 1894
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.
MovieThe Story Of The Blues
2004
as Self (archive footage)
MovieIt's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieA Huey P. Newton Story
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieBlues Masters
1999
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBluesland: A Portrait in American Music
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBlues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
1993
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSt. Louis Blues
1929
as Bessie - Battered Wife
