Duke Ellington
ActingApril 29, 1899 (75 years old at death)Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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.
Movies
8.0
Movie
Bli-Blip
1942
8.0
Movie
It's Black Entertainment
2002
8.0
Movie
Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro
1966
7.8
Movie
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
7.8
Movie
Hot Chocolate
1941
7.7
Movie
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
7.7
Movie
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
2024
7.0
Movie
Reveille with Beverly
1943
7.0
Movie
The Jazz Ambassadors
2018
7.0
Movie
Jazz Ball
1956
7.0
Movie
The First World Festival of Negro Arts
1966
7.0
Movie
Moments without Proper Names
1987
