Duke Ellington
Acting
Born 1899-04-29
Died 1974-05-24
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
93 credits
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards 1
honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music 1
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 1962 Best Original Musical Score Nominated Paris Blues
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1 won
- — star on Hollywood Walk of Fame Won
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1 won
- — Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Won
Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards 1 won
- 1999 Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards Won
honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music 1 won
- 1971 honorary doctor of the Berklee College of Music Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
49 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Dick Cavett Show
What's My Line?
Bambi
The Steve Allen Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
German Film Award
Le Grand Échiquier
The Ed Sullivan Show
Discorama
NET Playhouse
Aktuelle Schaubude
The Bell Telephone Hour
Jazz
Anatomy of a Murder
The Intimate Duke Ellington
Piano Blues
Jazz Evolution
Mood Indigo
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Alice Babs - Swing It!
Sophisticated Lady
Solitude
Improvisation
Hot Chocolate
Bli-Blip
The Apollo
Cabin in the Sky
It's Black Entertainment
What's Happening
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Jam Session
Belle of the Nineties
Check and Double Check
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Birth of the Blues
Murder at the Vanities
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Reveille with Beverly
Many Happy Returns
Moments without Proper Names
Charlie Parker: Bird Songs
The Story Of The Blues
Duke Ellington in Isfahan
Steve e il Duca
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Duke Ellington: Live At The Tivoli Gardens
The Harlem Renaissance
Other credits
13 credits
Anatomy of a Murder
The Asphalt Jungle
Paris Blues
Nutcracker Sweeties
The Turning Point
Daybreak Express
Misanthrope
So Long
Assault on a Queen
The War of the Infras
Cabin in the Sky
The Bankbus
Concerto Ellington-Marsalis
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