Mini-Biography:
Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899 in Washinton, DC, USA. He was an American Komponist, Pianist, Schauspieler, known for Timex All Star Swing Festival (1972), Paris Blues (1961), Anatomy of a murder (1959), Duke Ellington's first movie on record is from 1929. Duke Ellington died on May 24, 1974 in New York, NY, US. His last motion picture on file dates from 1979.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1979: Série noire (Musik), Directed by Alain Corneau, with Patrick Dewaere, Myriam Boyer, Marie Trintignant,
1972: Timex All Star Swing Festival (Darsteller), Directed by Grey Lockwood, with Ella Fitzgerald, ,
1961: Paris Blues (Paris Blues) (Musik), Directed by Martin Ritt, with Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier,
1959: Anatomy of a murder (Anatomie eines Mordes) (Musik), Directed by Otto Preminger, with Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Eve Arden,
1957: Jonas (Musik), Directed by Ottomar Domnick, with Elisabeth Bohaty, Dieter Eppler, Robert Graf,
1943: Cabin in the Sky (Ein Häuschen im Himmel) (Darsteller: Duke Ellington), Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley, with , Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson,
1934: Belle of the Nineties (Darsteller), Directed by Leo McCarey, with Gene Austin, John Mack Brown, Katherine de Mille,
1934: Murder at the Vanities (Cocktail für zwei, Das Phantom der Revue) (Musik), Directed by Mitchell Leisen, with Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie,
1929: Black and Tan (Musik),