
Bessie Smith
ComposerActressMusic Department
- Born
- April 15, 1894
- Died
- September 26, 1937
- Awards
- 1 wins, 2 nominations
Bessie Smith was born on 15 April 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. She was a composer and actress, known for Angel Heart (1987), Water for Elephants (2011) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). She was married to Jack Gee. She died on 26 September 1937 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA.
Biography
Actress
St. Louis Blues(1929)as Bessie - Battered Wife |
Composer
Back-Water Blues feat. Stanley Behrens(2024) |
Stain(2024) |
Music Department
La route du blues(2003) |
Soundtrack
Beautiful Rebel(2024) |
The Rite of Spring(2022) |
Shining Girls(2022) |
The Shuroo Process(2021) |
The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021) |
Self
Jazz(2001)as Self, Self - singer |
Archive Footage
Mysteries of the Abandoned: Hidden America(2022)as Self - Empress of Blues |
Billie(2019)as Self |
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke(2019)as Self |
Sound of Song(2015)as Self |
Soul Power!(2013)as Self |














