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