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Duke Ellington

Acting

Duke Ellington

Born
1899-04-29 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
1974-05-24
Filmography
95 titles on TMDB
About Duke Ellington

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.

Backdrop from Anatomy of a Murder

Films & television

77 titles

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