Actor
Bessie Smith
Born 1894 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
Acting
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage) · 2002
St. Louis Blues
Bessie - Battered Wife · 1929
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
Self (archive footage) · 1993
A Huey P. Newton Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2001
Blues Masters
Self (archive footage) · 1999
The Story Of The Blues
Self (archive footage) · 2004
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
Self (archive footage) · 1993