MOVIZZ

Duke Ellington1899 - 1974

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Actor

Popularity

1.6

Famous

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.

Credits

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

2024

Documentary • Music

as Self (archive footage)

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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024

Documentary • History • Music

as Self (archive footage)

7.4(34)

1.3

Steve e il Duca

2024

Documentary • Music

as Self (archival)

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0.1

Charlie Parker: Bird Songs

2022

Documentary • Music

as Self (archive footage)

6.8(4)

0.2

Duke Ellington in Isfahan

2021

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

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The Apollo

2019

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6.5(18)

0.6

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

2019

Documentary • History • TV Movie

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

7.7(60)

0.8

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Live

2019

Music

as Himself

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0.1

The Jazz Ambassadors

2018

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7(2)

0.1

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words

2014

Documentary • Music

as Self

0(0)

0.1

Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989

2014

Music

as Self

0.5(1)

Jazz Evolution

2008

Music

as Self - Piano

6(1)

0.1

Jazz Icons: Duke Ellington Live in '58

2007

Music

as Self - Piano

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Alice Babs - Swing It!

2007

Documentary

as Himself (archive footage)

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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection

2005

Documentary • Music

as Himself

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0.1

Duke Ellington: The Big Band Feeling

2005

Music

as Self

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The Story Of The Blues

2004

Documentary • Music

as Self

4.2(2)

0.2

The Harlem Renaissance

2004

Documentary • History • Music

as Self (archive footage)

6(1)

0.3

Improvisation

2004

Documentary • Music

as Self

0(0)

Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens

2003

Music

as Self

0(0)

Piano Blues

2003

Documentary • Music

as Self (archive footage)

6.5(10)

0.2

The Intimate Duke Ellington

2003

Music

as Self

0(0)

It's Black Entertainment

2002

Documentary • Music

as Self (archive footage)

8(2)

0.3

Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1929-1943

2000

Music

as Self

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The Lou Rawls Show with Duke Ellington

1991

Music

as Self

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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

1975

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

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On the Road with Duke Ellington

1974

Documentary

as Self

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0.2

Duke Ellington: Love You Madly

1967

Documentary • Music

as Self

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0.1

Duke Ellington at the Côte d'Azur with Ella Fitzgerald and Joan Miro

1966

Music

as Self

8(1)

The Strolling '20s

1966

Comedy • Music • TV Movie

as Self

0(0)

0.1

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Pie Eye (uncredited)

7.8(1,049)

2.5

Jazz Ball

1956

Documentary • Music

as Self (archive footage)

7(1)

0.1

Solitude

1952

Music

as Self

0(0)

0.1

Mood Indigo

1952

Music

as Self

6(1)

Sophisticated Lady

1952

Music

as Self

0(0)

Salute to Duke Ellington

1950

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0.1

Symphony In Swing

1949

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Date with Duke

1947

Animation

as Self

1(1)

0.1

Cabin in the Sky

1943

Fantasy • Music

as Duke Ellington (uncredited)

6.5(41)

0.6

Reveille with Beverly

1943

Comedy • Music • Romance • War

as Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)

7(5)

0.3

Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

1943

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Jam Session

1942

Music

as Self - Piano

6.2(27)

Bli-Blip

1942

Music

as Himself

8(1)

Flamingo

1942

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0.2

I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good

1942

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Birth of the Blues

1941

Music • Romance

as Self (archive footage)

5.5(8)

0.2

Hot Chocolate

1941

Music

as Self (uncredited)

7.7(3)

0.1

The Hit Parade

1937

Music

as Duke Ellington

5(2)

0.4

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

1935

Drama • Music

as Self

6.6(17)

Belle of the Nineties

1934

Comedy • Drama

as Piano Player

5.7(11)

0.6

Many Happy Returns

1934

Comedy

as Piano Player (uncredited)

5.3(3)

0.2

Murder at the Vanities

1934

Comedy • Music • Mystery

as Duke Ellington

5.4(10)

0.3

A Bundle of Blues

1933

Music

as Self

5.6(8)

Check and Double Check

1930

Comedy

as Orchestra Leader

5.3(6)

1.8

Black and Tan

1929

Drama • Music

as Duke Ellington

6.3(32)

0.1