Duke Ellington
1899-04-29 (1899)Washington, District of Columbia, USAActing
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.
Known For
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Bambi
TV • 1948
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Discorama
TV • 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Aktuelle Schaubude
TV • 1957
Jazz
TV • 2001
Anatomy of a Murder
MOVIE • 1959
Check and Double Check
MOVIE • 1930
Piano Blues
MOVIE • 2003
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
MOVIE • 2024
Belle of the Nineties
MOVIE • 1934
It's Black Entertainment
MOVIE • 2002