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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1894-04-15 (131 years old)

Place of Birth

Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA

Bessie Smith

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2004

The Story Of The Blues as Self (archive footage)

2002

It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage)

2001

A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1999

Blues Masters as Self (archive footage)

1993

1989

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues as Self (archive footage)

1929

St. Louis Blues as Bessie - Battered Wife

Sound

2025

Memories as Music

2024

STAIN as Music