06/30/1917
Brooklyn, New York, USA:
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.
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How It Feels to Be Free (2021) as Self (archival footage) |
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Sid & Judy (2019) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019) as Self - Singer (archive footage) |
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Storm in My Heart (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010) as Self (uncredited) (archive footage) |
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006) as Self (archive footage) |
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Judy Garland Duets (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005) as |
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An Evening With Lena Horne (2005) as self |
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The Incomparable Lena Horne (2004) as |
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Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004) as |
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Harlem Renaissance (2004) as Self (archive footage) |
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It's Black Entertainment (2002) as Self (archive footage) |
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) as Self |
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That's Entertainment! III (1994) as Self - Co-Host / Narrator |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) as Self (archive footage) |
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Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993) as Self |
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990) as Self (archive footage) |
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Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990) as Self (archive footage) |
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Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986) as Self |
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self |
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DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) as Self |
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Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self |
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The Wiz (1978) as Glinda the Good |
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That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage) |
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That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) |
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Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973) as Self |
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Death of a Gunfighter (1969) as Claire Quintana |
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Now! (1965) as Self (voice) |
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Beyond the Riviera (1960) as |
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The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies (1960) as Self - Singer |
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The All-Star Christmas Show (1958) as Self |
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Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) as Lena Horne |
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A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955) as Self |
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Duchess of Idaho (1950) as Lena Horne |
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Words and Music (1948) as Lena Horne |
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Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne |
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Studio Visit (1946) as Herself |
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Swingtime Jamboree (1946) as Herself |
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Mantan Messes Up (1946) as Lene |
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945) as Lena Horne (segment "Love") |
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Harlem Hotshots (1945) as (archive footage) |
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Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) as Specialty |
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Broadway Rhythm (1944) as Fernway de la Fer |
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Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944) as |
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Swing Fever (1943) as Herself |
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Thousands Cheer (1943) as Lena Horne |
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I Dood It (1943) as Herself |
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Stormy Weather (1943) as Selina Rogers |
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Cabin in the Sky (1943) as Georgia Brown |
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Panama Hattie (1942) as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited) |
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The Duke Is Tops (1938) as Ethel Andrews |
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Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue () as Self |
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Now! (1965) Music |