Acting
Duke Ellington
1899 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Anatomy of a Murder
Pie Eye (uncredited)
Paris Blues
Original Music Composer
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
Self (archive footage)
The Turning Point
Music
Mood Indigo
Self
The Intimate Duke Ellington
Self
Jazz Evolution
Self - Piano
Nutcracker Sweeties
Music
Sophisticated Lady
Self
Assault on a Queen
Original Music Composer
Murder at the Vanities
Duke Ellington