Acting
Duke Ellington
Also Known As: Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington
Birth Date
April 29, 1899
Death Date
May 24, 1974
(passed away at 75)
Place of Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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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.
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The Mike Douglas Show
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1961 • 1 episode
What's My Line?
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1950 • 1 episode
The Merv Griffin Show
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1962 • 3 episodes
The Dick Cavett Show
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1968 • 2 episodes
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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1957 • 1 episode
Bambi
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1948 • 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show
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1948 • 10 episodes
Le Grand Échiquier
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1972 • 1 episode
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956 • 1 episode
German Film Award
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1951 • 1 episode
Discorama
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1959 • 1 episode
The Bell Telephone Hour
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1959 • 1 episode
Aktuelle Schaubude
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1957 • 1 episode
NET Playhouse
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1966 • 1 episode
Parkinson
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2004 • 1 episode
Anatomy of a Murder
Pie Eye (uncredited)
1959
Jazz
Self (archive footage)
2001 • 10 episodes
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Self (archive footage)
2024
Murder at the Vanities
Duke Ellington
1934
The Apollo
Self (archive footage)
2019