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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 30, 1917
Died
May 9, 2010
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
Lena Horne
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self (archival footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
2019
7.7
Self - Singer (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
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Self (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
2018
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Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
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Self (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
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Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005
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self
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
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The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Credits
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
2021
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Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.4
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
2019
7.7
🎬
Storm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage)
2018
0.0
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010
0.0
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
2005
0.0
An Evening With Lena Horne
as self
2005
0.0
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
0.0
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
0.0
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
0.0
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
2004
6.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
2004
4.0
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2002
8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
1999
0.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
1993
8.0
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
A Different World
as Self
1987
7.0
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.5
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Self
1986
0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
The Cosby Show
as Lena Horne
1984
7.0
DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
1984
0.0
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1983
8.3
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
The Wiz
as Glinda the Good
1978
6.0
Sesame Street at Night?
as Self (archive footage)
1977
0.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
1976
8.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
1976
6.9
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1974
7.4
🎬
Keep US Beautiful
1973
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Sanford and Son
1972
7.4
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.8
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
4.6
Death of a Gunfighter
as Claire Quintana
1969
6.2
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
The Dean Martin Show
1965
7.3
Now!
as Self (voice)
1965
6.2
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
4.5
The Judy Garland Show
as Self
1963
8.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Password
1961
7.2
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
1961
6.0
Beyond the Riviera
1960
0.0
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
as Self - Singer
1960
0.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Host
1959
7.3
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
1959
7.3
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
1958
6.0
Kraft Music Hall
1958
4.7
🎬
The Twentieth Century
1957
8.0
The Perry Como Show
1956
7.3
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
1956
5.6
Tony Awards
as Self - Recipient / Performer
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Hostess
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
Tony Awards
as Self - Host
1956
5.9
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Lena Horne
1956
4.2
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955
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🎬
Music 55
1955
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A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Self
1955
0.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Duchess of Idaho
as Lena Horne
1950
4.4
Your Show of Shows
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Words and Music
as Lena Horne
1948
5.7
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
1946
5.7
Studio Visit
as Herself
1946
3.5
Swingtime Jamboree
as Herself
1946
0.0
Mantan Messes Up
as Lene
1946
0.0
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
1945
6.0
🎬
Harlem Hotshots
as (archive footage)
1945
0.0
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Specialty
1944
5.7
Broadway Rhythm
as Fernway de la Fer
1944
5.5
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944
0.0
Swing Fever
as Herself
1943
5.0
Thousands Cheer
as Lena Horne
1943
6.4
I Dood It
as Herself
1943
3.5
Stormy Weather
as Selina Rogers
1943
6.9
Cabin in the Sky
as Georgia Brown
1943
6.5
Panama Hattie
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
1942
4.0
The Duke Is Tops
as Ethel Andrews
1938
6.0
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Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
as Self
N/A
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