Jessye Norman(1945-2019)

Actress
Soundtrack

Jessye Norman at an event for The 48th Annual Grammy Awards (2006)

Jessye Norman was born on 15 September 1945 in Augusta, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Wild at Heart (1990), The Hours (2002) and Choke (2008). She died on 30 September 2019 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Awards
- 7 wins & 11 nominations total

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Known for

Wild at Heart

7.2

Movie

Soundtrack("Im Abendrot")

1990

The Hours

7.5

Movie

Soundtrack("Beim Schlafengehen")

2002

Choke

6.4

Movie

Soundtrack("Padre, Germani, Addio! - Ilia, Idamente")

2008

Restless City

5.9

Movie

Soundtrack("Four Last Songs - Im Abendrot" written by nm0006309)

2011

Credits

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Actress

Great Performances at the Met
8.2
TV Series
- Ariadne
- Primadonna
- Madame Lidoine ...
- 2013–2022
Verdi: Requiem
TV Movie
- Soprano
- 2009
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
6.8
TV Series
- Thunder Mountain Woman (voice)
- 2000
The People's Passion
9.2
TV Special
- Narrator
- 1999
Margie Gillis: Wild Hearts in Strange Times
- 1996
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
- Jocasta
- 1993
Die Walküre
8.0
TV Movie
- Sieglinde
- 1990

Soundtrack

The Banshees of Inisherin
7.7
- performer: "6 Gesänge Op. 7 V. Die Trauernde (IV. Volkslied)"
- 2022
Slow Horses
8.3
TV Series
- performer: "Vier letzte Lieder, TrV 296: 3. Beim Schlafengehen"
- 2022
In Depth
7.4
TV Series
- performer: "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (uncredited)
- 2020
The Trip to Greece
6.6
- performer: "Vier letzte Lieder, Trv 296: 4. Im Abendrot"
- 2020
Restless City
5.9
- performer: "Four Last Songs - Im Abendrot" written by nm0006309
- 2011
Choke
6.4
- performer: "Padre, Germani, Addio! - Ilia, Idamente"
- 2008
The Hours
7.5
- performer: "Beim Schlafengehen"
- 2002
Artemisia
7.0
TV Movie
- performer: "Morgen"
- 1997
Wild at Heart
7.2
- performer: "Im Abendrot"
- 1990
Romeo
7.3
- performer: "Wiegenlied" (Berceuse)
- 1990
The French Revolution
7.7
- performer: "Hymne à la Liberté"
- 1989
Distant Voices, Still Lives
7.4
- performer: "There's a Man Goin' Round" (uncredited)
- 1988
Dimanche Martin
TV Series
- performer: "L'air de la lettre (La Périchole)"
- 1985

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Born
- September 15, 1945
- Augusta, Georgia, USA
Died
- September 30, 2019
- New York City, New York, USA(multiple organ failure)
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Trivia
She was awarded an honorary doctorate for her services to music from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 1998 Commencement Ceremonies.

Quotes
[on what is on her mind whilst performing] I think about the words, I think about the characters. I think what a pleasure it is to sing some of the text that I have. I am so grateful to to be saying those words, they're so beautiful.