Lena Horne
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Lena Horne

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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.

Films Featuring Lena Horne

The Wiz

19786.2

Ziegfeld Follies

19456.0

Stormy Weather

19436.9

Thousands Cheer

19436.4

Till the Clouds Roll By

19465.8

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

19867.0

Broadway Rhythm

19446.3

Two Girls and a Sailor

19445.8

Death of a Gunfighter

19696.3

Aretha Franklin: Duets

19938.3

The Duke Is Tops

19386.3

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas

2005

That's Entertainment! III

19947.1

Cabin in the Sky

19436.5

The Incomparable Lena Horne

2004

Duchess of Idaho

19504.9

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

2010

Now!

19656.3

I Dood It

19435.1

Swing Fever

19436.0

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2

2006

Mantan Messes Up

19468.0

Words and Music

19485.8

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

An Evening With Lena Horne

2005

Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue

Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue

That's Entertainment!

19747.4

Night of 100 Stars II

19856.8

The Harlem Renaissance

20046.0

Meet Me in Las Vegas

19564.5

Harlem Hotshots

Harlem Hotshots

1945

Swingtime Jamboree

1946

DTV: Golden Oldies

1984

Beyond the Riviera

1960

Judy Garland Duets

2005

Studio Visit

19465.5

A.N.T.A. Album of 1955

1955

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

20045.3

Panama Hattie

19425.7

That's Entertainment, Part II

19767.0

Boogie-Woogie Dream

1944

It's Black Entertainment

20028.7

Sid & Judy

20197.4

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies

1960

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

20197.8

How It Feels to Be Free

2021

Storm in My Heart

Storm in My Heart

2018

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

19998.0

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

19947.0

Night of 100 Stars

19825.8

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover

2004

The All-Star Christmas Show

19586.0

Keep U.S. Beautiful

Keep U.S. Beautiful

1973

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

19909.0

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

2001

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

19958.0