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

It's Black Entertainment

A Huey P. Newton Story

The Story Of The Blues

Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music

Blues Masters

St. Louis Blues

Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues

All Movies (7)

• The Story Of The Blues2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• It's Black Entertainment2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Huey P. Newton Story2001 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Blues Masters1999 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• St. Louis Blues1929 · as Bessie - Battered Wife