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.
Acting (50 movies)
The Wiz
1978
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
Stormy Weather
1943
Thousands Cheer
1943
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986
Broadway Rhythm
1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
The Duke Is Tops
1938
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
That's Entertainment! III
1994
Cabin in the Sky
1943
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Duchess of Idaho
1950
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
Now!
1965
I Dood It
1943
Swing Fever
1943
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
Mantan Messes Up
1946
Words and Music
1948
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005
That's Entertainment!
1974
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
Swingtime Jamboree
1946
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
Beyond the Riviera
1960
Judy Garland Duets
2005
Studio Visit
1946
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
Panama Hattie
1942
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944
It's Black Entertainment
2002
Sid & Judy
2019
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Night of 100 Stars
1982
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Sesame Street at Night?
1977
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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