Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1917-06-30
Deathday: 2010-05-09 (92 years old)

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

Self - Singer (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)

Movie
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010)

Movie
Self (archival footage)
The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance (2004)

Movie
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow (1983)

TV
6
Glinda the Good
The Wiz

The Wiz (1978)

Movie
Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show (1976)

TV
6.14
Self - Presenter / Self - Host / Self - Recipient / Performer / Self - Co-Hostess
Tony Awards

Tony Awards (1956)

TV
1
Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?

What's My Line? (1950)

TV
Self / Self - Vocalist
The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

TV
6
Julie LaVerne (segment "Show Boat")
Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Movie
Lena Horne ('Love')
Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

Movie
As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie (1942)

Movie
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1917-06-30

Deathday
2010-05-09 (92 years old)

Birth Place
Brooklyn, New York, USA

Relationships
Lennie Hayton (1947-12-14 - 1971-04-24)

Children
Gail Lumet Buckley

Citizenships
United States of America

Residences
Brooklyn, United States of America

Also Known As
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Paul Robeson Award, NAACP Image Award – 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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