Duke Ellington
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-04-29 (75 years old)
Deathday
1974-05-24
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Also known As
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Duke Ellington
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.
Acting
1959
as Pie Eye (uncredited)
1934
as Duke Ellington
1934
as Piano Player
1941
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Self - Piano
1929
as Duke Ellington
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1974
1933
as Self
1935
1937
as Duke Ellington
1947
as Self
1991
1942
as Self - Piano
1943
as Duke - Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (uncredited)
1942
as Himself
1952
as Self
1952
as Self
2005
as Himself
2004
as Self
2024
as Self (archival)
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
2004
as Self (archive footage)
1952
as Self
1942
2004
as Self
1941
as Self (uncredited)
1966
as Self
2000
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2008
as Self - Piano
1956
as Self (archive footage)
1943
as Duke Ellington (uncredited)
2003
2003
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Self
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1975
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Orchestra Leader
2005
1934
as Piano Player (uncredited)
2019
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
1967
2014
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2019
as Himself
Production
1959
as Original Music Composer
2012
as Original Music Composer
1977
as Music
1966
as Original Music Composer
1953
as Music
1969
as Original Music Composer
1943
as Music
1982
as Musical
2010
as Music
1935
as Original Music Composer
1974
as Music
1945
as Music
1958
as Music
1961
as Original Music Composer
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