Acting credits
7
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Bessie Smith
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
Low visibility
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Movies: 9Series: 0Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 974494
IMDb ID: nm0807439
Known for: Acting
Born: April 15, 1894
Died: September 26, 1937
Age: 43
Place of birth: Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 2025
Years active: 97
Average TMDB rating: 5.27
Wikidata: Q93349
Other jobs
Music (2)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Bessie Smith.
Memories
Music
2025 Movie
STAIN
Music
2024 Movie
4.2
The Story Of The Blues
as Self (archive footage)
2004 Movie
8.0
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002 Movie
5.1
A Huey P. Newton Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001 Movie
6.0
Blues Masters
as Self (archive footage)
1999 Movie
6.0
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
as Self (archive footage)
1993 Movie
Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues
as Self (archive footage)
1993 Movie
5.3
St. Louis Blues
as Bessie - Battered Wife
1929 Movie