Artie Shaw

Artie Shaw Headshot

Musician • Composer • Bandleader • Actor • Writer

Birth Date: May 23, 1910

Death Date: December 30, 2004

Birth Place: New York, New York

Spouses: Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Evelyn Keyes, Doris Dowling

Artie Shaw brought his musical talents to a variety of films over the course of his Hollywood career. Shaw worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Across 110th Street" with Anthony Quinn (1972). In the eighties and the nineties, Shaw's music continued to appear on the silver screen, including in films like the Mia Farrow comedy "Radio Days" (1987) and the action picture "The Rocketeer" (1991) with Billy Campbell.

Shaw's music was also featured in the Leonardo DiCaprio smash hit biopic drama "The Aviator" (2004), the dramatic biopic "The Notorious Bettie Page" (2006) with Gretchen Mol and "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006) with Ryan Phillippe. His music was also featured in the Patrick Fugit comedy adaptation "Wristcutters: A Love Story" (2007) and the Chadwick A Boseman biographical drama "42" (2013). Shaw was most recently credited in the drama "Cake" (2014) with Jennifer Aniston. Shaw passed away in December 2004 at the age of 94.

Credits

Jazz Icons

Actor
Show
1991

Jazz Icons

Director
Show
1991

Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

Actor
Movie
1985

Jazz Ball

Self
Movie
1957

What's My Line?Stream

Guest
Game Show
1950

Second Chorus

Actor
Artie Shaw
Movie
1940

Second Chorus

Original Music
Movie
1940

Artie Shaw's Class in Swing

Music Performer
Show
1939

Dancing Co-ed

Self
Movie
1939