Ella Fitzgerald
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 25 April 1917 · Newport News, Virginia, USA
- Died
- 15 June 1996
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.
Known for
Ella Fitzgerald at the BBC
2024
7.0Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
2019
8.0Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald
2017
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again
2013
7.0…Sings Musicals
2012
Ella Fitzgerald: Best of the BBC Vaults
2010
Acting 53
- 2026Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Quincy Jones, Music Man as Self (archive footage)
- 202460 Songs: BBC Two at 60 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Ella Fitzgerald at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2023They All Came Out to Montreux as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2019The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things as Self (archive footage)
- 2017JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala as Self
- 2017Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
- 2014Soul Boys of the Western World
- 2014Jazz Legends in Their Own Words as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong: Ella and Louis & Ella and Louis Again as Self
- 2013Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas as Self (archive footage)
- 2012The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America as Self (archive footage)
- 2012The Music According to Tom Jobim as Self (archive footage)
- 2012…Sings Musicals as Self (archive footage)
- 2010Ella Fitzgerald: Best of the BBC Vaults as Self
- 2010Life Is Bearable at Times...
- 2006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Jazz Icons Ella Fitzgerald Live in 57 & 63 as Self
- 2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
- 2004The Legendary Nat King Cole as Self
- 2004Ella Fitzgerald And Joe Pass - Duets In Hanover
- 2004Improvisation as Self
- 2002It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 1995Oscar Peterson: Music in the Key of Oscar as Self
- 1991The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show (Vol. 1)
- 1990Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs as Self
- 1990Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 1989The Unforgettable Nat King Cole as Self
- 1979Ella Fitzgerald - Live At The North Sea Jazz Festival as Self
- 1979Norman Granz’ Jazz in Montreaux presents Ella and Basie '79—"The Perfect Match" as Self (Vocals)
- 1975Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 as Self - vocals
- 1974Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show as Self
- 1974Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s as Self
- 1974Ella Fitzgerald: Live in Cologne as Self - Vocals
- 1970Andělé pro lady F... as Self
- 1969Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux 1969 as Self
- 1967Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music + Ella + Jobim as Self - Singer
- 1966Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro as Self
- 1965Ella Fitzgerald Swings as Self (archive material)
- 1965Ella Fitzgerald Sings as Self (archive footage)
- 1964Ella as Self
- 1963Ella Fitzgerald à l'Olympia as Self
- 1962President Kennedy's Birthday Salute as Self
- 1960Ella Fitzgerald Live in Australia as Self - Vocalist
- 1960Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Flora
- 1958St. Louis Blues as Singer
- 1955Pete Kelly's Blues as Maggie Jackson
- 1950Improvisation as Self
- 1941Ride 'Em Cowboy as Ruby
Sound 1
- 1958The Tender Game · musician