Biography
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.
Filmography
all 87
self 61
Movies 54
TV Shows 33
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
Storm in My Heart (2018)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006)
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
The Cosby Show (1984)
Reading Rainbow (1983)
The Wiz (1978)
The Muppet Show (1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
Now! (1965)
The Bell Telephone Hour (1959)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
Words and Music (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
Swingtime Jamboree (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
Swing Fever (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
I Dood It (1943)
Stormy Weather (1943)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Panama Hattie (1942)
The Duke Is Tops (1938)
Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (1935)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1917-06-30
Deathday2010-05-09 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, New York, USA
RelationshipsLennie Hayton (1947-12-14 - 1971-04-24)
ChildrenGail Lumet Buckley
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesBrooklyn, United States of America
Also Known AsLena Mary Calhoun Horne
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Paul Robeson Award, NAACP Image Award β Hall of Fame Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist, International Civil Rights Walk of Fame, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Special Tony Award, Spingarn Medal, Kennedy Center Honors, honorary degree from Spelman College, Radcliffe Medal, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Hall of Fame
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