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.
Known for
Tony Awards
Self - Recipient / Performer
Tony Awards
Self - Co-Hostess
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards
Self - Host
The Cosby Show
Lena Horne
Great Performances
Self
What's My Line?
Self
The Oscars
Self
A Different World
Self
American Masters
Self
Sanford and Son
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Dean Martin Show
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Your Show of Shows
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
Kraft Music Hall
Thousands Cheer
Lena Horne
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self - Host
Mantan Messes Up
Lene
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
Swing Fever
Herself
The Judy Garland Show
Self
Password
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Lena Horne
MGM Parade
The Hollywood Palace
Self
Boogie-Woogie Dream
The Wiz
Glinda the Good
Words and Music
Lena Horne
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage)
The Duke Is Tops
Ethel Andrews
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Self
Swingtime Jamboree
Herself
Two Girls and a Sailor
Specialty
Beyond the Riviera
Sesame Street at Night?
Self (archive footage)
Now!
Self (voice)
The Perry Como Show
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Ziegfeld Follies
Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Keep US Beautiful
DTV: Golden Oldies
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
Till the Clouds Roll By
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Music 55
Death of a Gunfighter
Claire Quintana
Stormy Weather
Selina Rogers
Duchess of Idaho
Lena Horne
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
I Dood It
Herself
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Panama Hattie
As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Cabin in the Sky
Georgia Brown
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Studio Visit
Herself
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
Broadway Rhythm
Fernway de la Fer
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Self - Singer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Storm in My Heart
Self (archive footage)
Harlem Hotshots
(archive footage)
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
The Twentieth Century
An Evening With Lena Horne
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