Yes, there is a picture of Clarence Holiday with pictures of Billy Holiday. Just type Clarence Holiday!
Billie Holidays mother- Sadie Fagan Billie Holidays father- Clarence Holiday
Billie Holiday's parents were Sarah Julia Fagan and Clarence Holiday. Her mother, Sarah, was a teenage woman of mixed heritage, while her father, Clarence, was a musician who often worked away from home. Their tumultuous relationship and Billie’s challenging upbringing significantly influenced her music and personal life.
Billie Holiday's father, Clarence Holiday, was a musician who passed away from pneumonia when she was just nine years old. Her mother, Sadie Fagan, struggled with various challenges and was often absent from Billie's life; she died in 1959, after a life marked by hardship. These early losses profoundly impacted Holiday's life and career, shaping her experiences and artistry.
who is billie holiday mother and father name i need to now for my blach history project.Billie Holidays mother was born Sara Harris she later married and became Sarah Gough. Even though she is listed as Fagan it is reported she took her fathers name as she was born out of wedlock.Billies father was named Clarence Holiday though sometimes spelled HallidayBoth were from Baltimore Maryland and never married
Billie Holidays father fathered two children but with a different mother than Billies. He married a white woman who was a dancer before he passed and it has commonly been believed that they passed themselves off as white. Billies mother married a man named Phillip Gough which Billie mentions in her book "Lady sings the blues" his daughter Kay Kelly always claimed to be Billies half sister even posting bail for her supposedly in a Philadelphia arrest and showing up at her bedside before her death buying night gowns for her "sister" however, as Phillip Gough is not Billies natural father and her mother Sadie Fagan did not bare Kay Kelly basically she is of no relation except thru a marriage that ended in divorce in the 1920s
Billie Holiday took the name Holiday from her father, guitarist Clarence Holiday.
Billie Holidays mother- Sadie Fagan Billie Holidays father- Clarence Holiday
In her autobiography “Lady Sings the Blues” she mentions that she discovered at her father Clarence’s funeral she discovered that he’d been romancing a white woman (Billie calls her a “second step-mother”) who had bore him two children whom She’d brought to the funeral with her (A boy and a girl who Billie referred to as her half-siblings). The woman had not told the children Clarence was their father and she told Billie she was bringing the children up white (to which Billie thought unfair, that they should know the truth). No names were ever mentioned but if he woman at the funeral was truthful, then Billie definitely has blood siblings out there. It’s likely they grew up having NO idea of their connection with Lady Day so may never come into the public eye.
who is billie holiday mother and father name i need to now for my blach history project.Billie Holidays mother was born Sara Harris she later married and became Sarah Gough. Even though she is listed as Fagan it is reported she took her fathers name as she was born out of wedlock.Billies father was named Clarence Holiday though sometimes spelled HallidayBoth were from Baltimore Maryland and never married
Billy Joes father is Clarence Royal and his mom is Mary.
Billie Holidays father fathered two children but with a different mother than Billies. He married a white woman who was a dancer before he passed and it has commonly been believed that they passed themselves off as white. Billies mother married a man named Phillip Gough which Billie mentions in her book "Lady sings the blues" his daughter Kay Kelly always claimed to be Billies half sister even posting bail for her supposedly in a Philadelphia arrest and showing up at her bedside before her death buying night gowns for her "sister" however, as Phillip Gough is not Billies natural father and her mother Sadie Fagan did not bare Kay Kelly basically she is of no relation except thru a marriage that ended in divorce in the 1920s
she was raised primarily by her mother and oher relatives, her father was only a frequent visitor
Billy Holiday was born Eleanora Fagan on 15 April 1915 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of a 13-year old mother and unnamed father and born into poverty.
Billie Jo's father has scars and burns on his skin from the fire that burned down their home.
Clarence
Andy Armstrong (died from cancer when billie was 10)
Billie Jo's father fought in World War I in the book "Out of the Dust" by Karen Hesse.