Duke Ellington
Age: N/A | From: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Edward Kennedy Ellington , Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 50
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Bell Telephone Hour
(1959) Self
Le Grand Échiquier
(1972) Self
Bambi Awards
(1948) Self
Deutscher Filmpreis
(1951) Self
Anatomy of a Murder
(1959) Pie Eye (uncredited)
Jazz
(2001) Self (archive footage)
The Apollo
(2019) Self (archive footage)
Piano Blues
(2003) Self (archive footage)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Self (archival) | |
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self - Musician (archive footage) | ||
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Self | |
| 2008 | Self - Piano | |
| 2007 | Self - Piano | |
| Himself (archive footage) | ||
| 2005 | Himself | |
| Self | ||
| 2004 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self (archival footage) | ||
| 2003 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| 1991 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | Self | |
| 1972 | Self | |
| 1968 | Self - Guest | |
| 1966 | Self | |
| 1962 | Self | |
| 1961 | Self | |
| 1959 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| Pie Eye (uncredited) | ||
| 1957 | Self | |
| 1956 | Self - Guest | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1952 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 1951 | Self | |
| 1950 | Self - Mystery Guest | |
| 1948 | Self - Pianist | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Band Leader | ||
| Self | ||
| 1947 | Self | |
| 1943 | Duke Ellington (uncredited) | |
| Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Self - Piano | |
| Himself | ||
| 1941 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Duke Ellington | |
| 1935 | Self | |
| 1934 | Piano Player | |
| Piano Player (uncredited) | ||
| Duke Ellington | ||
| 1933 | Self | |
| 1930 | Orchestra Leader | |
| 1929 | Duke Ellington | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Original Music Composer | |
| 2010 | Music | |
| 1977 | Music | |
| 1974 | Music | |
| 1969 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1966 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1961 | Music | |
| Music | ||
| 1959 | Original Music Composer | |
| 1958 | Music | |
| 1953 | Music | |
| 1945 | Music | |
| 1943 | Music | |
| 1935 | Original Music Composer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Musical | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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