Bessie Smith

Acting

Born April 15, 1894 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

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 r…

Known for

Blues Masters

1999

The Story Of The Blues

2004

It's Black Entertainment

2002

A Huey P. Newton Story

2001

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

1993

St. Louis Blues

1929

Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues

1993

Acting(7)

2004The Story Of The BluesSelf (archive footage)

Film

2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf (archive footage)

Film

2001A Huey P. Newton StorySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film