Lena Horne
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
88
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-06-30
Day of death
2010-05-09 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lena 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 Mike Douglas Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Great Performances
The Cosby Show
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
The Oscars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
A Different World
Sanford and Son
The Muppet Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
American Masters
Reading Rainbow
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Kennedy Center Honors
Swing Fever
The Dean Martin Show
Swingtime Jamboree
Kraft Music Hall
The Bell Telephone Hour
The Bell Telephone Hour
DTV: Golden Oldies
The Flip Wilson Show
Your Show of Shows
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
MGM Parade
MGM Parade
That's Entertainment! III
The Hollywood Palace
The Wiz
Password
Two Girls and a Sailor
Night of 100 Stars
The Perry Como Show
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Sesame Street at Night?
Now!
The DuPont Show of the Week
The Twentieth Century
Studio Visit
Judy Garland Duets
That's Entertainment!
Words and Music
The Judy Garland Show
I Dood It
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Night of 100 Stars II
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Meet Me in Las Vegas
The Duke Is Tops
Ziegfeld Follies
Till the Clouds Roll By
Keep US Beautiful
Sid & Judy
Death of a Gunfighter
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Stormy Weather
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Incomparable Lena Horne
It's Black Entertainment
Panama Hattie
Thousands Cheer
That's Entertainment, Part II
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
The All-Star Christmas Show
Broadway Rhythm
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Cabin in the Sky
Mantan Messes Up
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Music 55
Duchess of Idaho
How It Feels to Be Free
The Harlem Renaissance
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Storm in My Heart
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Beyond the Riviera
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
An Evening With Lena Horne
Harlem Hotshots
