Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    53

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    April 29, 1899 ( 75 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Washington, District of Columbia, USA

  • Also Known As

    Edward Kennedy Ellington

    Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

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.