Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 30, 1917
Died
May 09, 2010
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Credits
90 titles
Lena Horne
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.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
An Evening With Lena Horne
self
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
A Different World
Self
American Masters
Self
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Cosby Show
Lena Horne
DTV: Golden Oldies
Self
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
The Wiz
Glinda the Good
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Keep US Beautiful
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
Sanford and Son
Great Performances
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
Death of a Gunfighter
Claire Quintana
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
Now!
Self (voice)
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self