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person_profile-Lena Horne

Lena Horne Died at age: 92

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Lena Horne

Date of Birth:

Jun 30, 1917

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 09, 2010

Biography of

Lena Horne

    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.

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Lena Horne

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Filmography of

Lena Horne

Found 38 Movies in total

How It Feels to Be Free

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2021

Sid & Judy

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Self - Singer (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2019

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

Self (uncredited) (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2010

Judy Garland Duets

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 2005

... 2005

The Harlem Renaissance

Self (archival footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

It's Black Entertainment

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

... 1999

That's Entertainment! III

Self - Co-Host / Narrator ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

... 1993

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1985

DTV: Golden Oldies

Herself ( Actor )

... 1984

Night of 100 Stars

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

The Wiz

Glinda the Good ( Actor )

... 1978

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1974

Death of a Gunfighter

Claire Quintana ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1960

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Lena Horne ( Actor )

... 1956

Duchess of Idaho

Lena Horne ( Actor )

... 1950

Words and Music

Lena Horne ( Actor )

... 1948

Till the Clouds Roll By

Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne ( Actor )

... 1946

Mantan Messes Up

Lene ( Actor )

... 1946

Ziegfeld Follies

Lena Horne ( Actor )

... 1945

Two Girls and a Sailor

Specialty ( Actor )

... 1944

Broadway Rhythm

Fernway de la Fer ( Actor )

... 1944

Swing Fever

Herself ( Actor )

... 1943

Thousands Cheer

Lena Horne ( Actor )

... 1943

I Dood It

Herself ( Actor )

... 1943

Stormy Weather

Selina Rogers ( Actor )

... 1943

Cabin in the Sky

Georgia Brown ( Actor )

... 1943

Panama Hattie

As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Duke Is Tops

Ethel Andrews ( Actor )

... 1938