Lena Horne
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1917-06-30
- Died
- 2010-05-09
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Cosby Show
1984
as Lena Horne
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Recipient / Performer / Self - Presenter / Self - Co-Hostess
TV Shows (34)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self
The Cosby Show
1984
as Lena Horne
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Self - Recipient / Performer / Self - Presenter / Self - Co-Hostess
American Masters
1986
as Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Singer
Kraft Music Hall
1958
Reading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Different World
1987
as Self
Password
1961
Sanford and Son
1972
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
as Self / Self - Host
The Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
The Dean Martin Show
1965
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
The Twentieth Century
1957
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Self
The Judy Garland Show
1963
as Self
The Perry Como Show
1956
Music 55
1955
Keep US Beautiful
1973
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955
Movies (56)
That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as Specialty
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Swing Fever
1943
as Herself
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Swingtime Jamboree
1946
as Herself
Studio Visit
1946
as Herself
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Wiz
1978
as Glinda the Good
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Lena Horne
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
as Self
Now!
1965
as Self (voice)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Stormy Weather
1943
as Selina Rogers
Words and Music
1948
as Lena Horne
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
It's Black Entertainment
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
as Claire Quintana
Cabin in the Sky
1943
as Georgia Brown
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986
as Self
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973
as Self
Panama Hattie
1942
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Lena Horne
Broadway Rhythm
1944
as Fernway de la Fer
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
as Self
Sid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive footage)
I Dood It
1943
as Herself
Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Lena Horne
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
as Self (archival footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
as Self
The Duke Is Tops
1938
as Ethel Andrews
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
Beyond the Riviera
1960
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
as Self (archive footage)
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Mantan Messes Up
1946
as Lene
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
as Self
Storm in My Heart
2018
as Self (archive footage)
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005
as self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
as Self - Singer
Harlem Hotshots
1945
as (archive footage)
About 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 M… With 90 credits spanning from 1938 to 2024, Lena Horne has appeared in 56 films and 34 TV shows.
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- That's Entertainment! (1974) — as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) — as Specialty
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) — as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
- Swing Fever (1943) — as Herself
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) — as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
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