American Masters Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For (Season 14, Episode 3)
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American Masters

Ella Fitzgerald: Something to Live For (Season 14, Episode 3)

TV-14

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Through fifty-eight years of performing, thirteen Grammys and more than forty million records sold, she elevated swing, bebop, and ballads to their highest potential. She was, undeniably, the First Lady of Song.

Director

Charlotte Zwerin

Writer

Charlotte Zwerin

Producers

Karen Bernstein | Charlotte Zwerin

Editor

Bernadine Colish

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 8, 1999

Release date

Dec 8, 1999 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 27 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 81 nominations

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33 cast members

Name	Known for
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Count Basie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pearl Harbor (2001)
Tony Bennett Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Nina Bernstein Self Self See fewer	The Making of 'West Side Story' (1985)
Jim Blackman Self Self See fewer	Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald (2017)
Ray Brown Jr. Self Self See fewer	The Wayne and Shuster Hour (1957)
Judy Cammarota Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Nat 'King' Cole Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nat King Cole Show (1956)
Perry Como Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)
Bing Crosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	White Christmas (1954)
Jimmy Durante Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
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Roy Eldridge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
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Dizzy Gillespie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Norman Granz Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ella Fitzgerald - Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1975 (1975)
Charles Gulliver Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Phoebe Jacobs Self Self See fewer	Jazz (2001)
Lou Levy Self Self See fewer	Jazz Scene USA (1962)
Johnny Mathis Self Self See fewer	Zodiac (2007)
Eric Miller Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Norma Miller Self Self See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
June Norton Self Self See fewer	American Masters (1985)
Joe Pass Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Just Cause (1995)
Oscar Peterson Self Self See fewer	Just Cause (1995)
André Previn Self Self See fewer	My Fair Lady (1964)
Dinah Shore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
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