Lena Horne
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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
Credits
The Wiz (1978)
as Glinda the Good
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President (1981)
as Self
Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
as Claire Quintana
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
as Lena Horne
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! (1974)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
as Self - Host
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Now! (1965)
as Self (voice)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
as Lena Horne
Words and Music (1948)
as Lena Horne
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Swing Fever (1943)
as Herself
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973)
as Self
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
as Georgia Brown
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010)
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Duchess of Idaho (1950)
as Lena Horne
Stormy Weather (1943)
as Selina Rogers
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)
as Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004)
Actor
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
as Self
Thousands Cheer (1943)
as Lena Horne
I Dood It (1943)
as Herself
Swingtime Jamboree (1946)
as Herself
Sid & Judy (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)
as Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show (1958)
as Self
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
as Self (archival footage)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies (1960)
as Self - Singer
Panama Hattie (1942)
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993)
as Self
Studio Visit (1946)
as Herself
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
Actor
Broadway Rhythm (1944)
as Fernway de la Fer
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955)
as Self
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006)
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
The Duke Is Tops (1938)
as Ethel Andrews
Storm in My Heart (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
DTV: Golden Oldies (1984)
as Self
Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944)
Actor
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1984)
Actor
Mantan Messes Up (1946)
as Lene
Beyond the Riviera (1960)
Actor
An Evening With Lena Horne (2005)
as self
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue (—)
as Self
The Incomparable Lena Horne (2004)
Actor
Harlem Hotshots (1945)
as (archive footage)