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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 a…
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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.
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Lena Horne's Filmography
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How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
No Poster
Storm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
An Evening With Lena Horne
as self
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Host
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
No Poster
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
as Self
The Wiz
as Glinda the Good
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
No Poster
Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self
Death of a Gunfighter
as Claire Quintana
Now!
as Self (voice)
Beyond the Riviera
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
as Self - Singer
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Lena Horne
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Self
Duchess of Idaho
as Lena Horne
Words and Music
as Lena Horne
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Studio Visit
as Herself
Swingtime Jamboree
as Herself
Mantan Messes Up
as Lene
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
No Poster
Harlem Hotshots
as (archive footage)
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Lena Horne
Broadway Rhythm
as Fernway de la Fer
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Swing Fever
as Herself
Thousands Cheer
as Lena Horne
I Dood It
as Herself
Stormy Weather
as Selina Rogers
Cabin in the Sky
as Georgia Brown
Panama Hattie
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
The Duke Is Tops
as Ethel Andrews
No Poster
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
as Self