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