Where to watch Bessie Smith in the UK
Find every Bessie Smith film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 6 May 2026.
Bessie Smith was an American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1920s and 1930s. She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
Bessie Smith films streaming in the UK
Most-watched films featuring Bessie Smith, available across UK streaming, rent and buy.
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- It's Black Entertainment (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- A Huey P. Newton Story (2001) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Story Of The Blues (2004) as Self (archive footage)
- St. Louis Blues (1929) as Bessie - Battered Wife
- Memories (2025) Music
- Blues Masters (1999) as Self (archive footage)
- Blues Masters - The Essential History of the Blues (1993) as Self (archive footage)
- STAIN (2024) Music
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What are Bessie Smith's most popular films?
Most-watched Bessie Smith films currently: It's Black Entertainment (2002), Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993), A Huey P. Newton Story (2001), The Story Of The Blues (2004), St. Louis Blues (1929).
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