Lena Horne
Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist.
Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather.
Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums.
She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. Horne died on May 9, 2010 in New York City.
During her lifetime, Horne was awarded four Grammys, a Tony, and a NAACP Image Award . She also received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1984.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.535 |
Birthday | 1917-06-30 |
Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, |
1978
The Wiz
6/254
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1945
Ziegfeld Follies
6.1/50
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1943
Stormy Weather
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1943
Thousands Cheer
6.4/17
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1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
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1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
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Broadway Rhythm
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Two Girls and a Sailor
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Death of a Gunfighter
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Aretha Franklin: Duets
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The Duke Is Tops
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2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
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Cabin in the Sky
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2004
The Incomparable Lena Horne
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1950
Duchess of Idaho
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Now!
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I Dood It
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1943
Swing Fever
5/3
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Swing Fever
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
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Mantan Messes Up
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Mantan Messes Up
1948
Words and Music
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1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
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Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famo...
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2005
An Evening With Lena Horne
0/0
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Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
0/0
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That's Entertainment!
7.2/59
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Night of 100 Stars II
8/2
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The Harlem Renaissance
6/1
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Meet Me in Las Vegas
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1945
Harlem Hotshots
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A musical short.
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Swingtime Jamboree
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DTV: Golden Oldies
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1960
Beyond the Riviera
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2005
Judy Garland Duets
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Studio Visit
3.5/2
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
4/1
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1942
Panama Hattie
4/2
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6.8/34
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Boogie-Woogie Dream
0/0
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Sid & Judy
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The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
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Storm in My Heart
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7/3
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1982
Night of 100 Stars
6/1
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City...
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2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
0/0
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