Dee Dee Bridgewater

Personal Info

Birthday

May 27, 1950

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

Denise Eileen Garrett

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Biography

Dee Dee Bridgewater (née Denise Garrett, May 27, 1950) is an American jazz singer and actress. She is a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, as well as a Tony Award-winning stage actress.

For 23 years, she was the host of National Public Radio's syndicated radio show JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater. She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization. Born Denise Eileen Garrett in Memphis, Tennessee, she was raised Catholic in Flint, Michigan.

Known For

Highlander: The Series

The Brother from Another Planet

Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Night Partners

Everybody Rides the Carousel

It's Not About Love

Filmography

2023
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2017
Quincy Jones & Friends - Live at Jazz Open Stuttgart
as Self
Jazz Open Stuttgart 2017 - Festival of World Stars and Child Prodigies
as Self
Pure Love: The Voice of Ella Fitzgerald
as Self
2016
Jazz at the White House
as Self
2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
as Herself
2014
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Jazz in Marciac
as Self - Vocal - jazz
2013
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Jazz Open Stuttgart
as Self
2010
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live in Antibes & Juan-Les-Pins
as Self - Vocals
2007
Go West: A Lucky Luke Adventure
as Molly (voice)
Dee Dee Bridgewater "Motherland"
as Self
2006
Play Your Own Thing: A Story of Jazz in Europe
as Self
2004
Dee Dee Bridgewater Sings Kurt Weill Live At North Sea Jazz Festival
as Self
2002
Im Herzen des Lichts – Die Nacht der Primadonnen
as Self
1998
It's Not About Love
as The woman with the glass of milk
1984
The Brother from Another Planet
as Malverne Davis
1983
Night Partners
as Gloria
1979
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh
as Brandy
1975
Everybody Rides the Carousel
as Stage 7 (voice)