Lena Horne
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
89
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 Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Tony Awards
Great Performances
The Cosby Show
A Different World
American Masters
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
Sanford and Son
The Oscars
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Kraft Music Hall
The Muppet Show
How It Feels to Be Free
The Kennedy Center Honors
Your Show of Shows
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
The Dean Martin Show
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Reading Rainbow
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Password
The Flip Wilson Show
Sid & Judy
Thousands Cheer
Broadway Rhythm
The Hollywood Palace
The Bell Telephone Hour
The Bell Telephone Hour
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Swing Fever
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
The Wiz
Death of a Gunfighter
Words and Music
Meet Me in Las Vegas
The Judy Garland Show
Duchess of Idaho
Sesame Street at Night?
Night of 100 Stars
Swingtime Jamboree
Judy Garland Duets
Two Girls and a Sailor
That's Entertainment!
The Twentieth Century
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
That's Entertainment, Part II
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
The DuPont Show of the Week
That's Entertainment! III
Aretha Franklin: Duets
The Harlem Renaissance
Ziegfeld Follies
Till the Clouds Roll By
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
The Perry Como Show
The Duke Is Tops
DTV: Golden Oldies
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Now!
Keep US Beautiful
Panama Hattie
Cabin in the Sky
Music 55
Night of 100 Stars II
Beyond the Riviera
Mantan Messes Up
Stormy Weather
Studio Visit
I Dood It
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
It's Black Entertainment
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
The All-Star Christmas Show
Harlem Hotshots
Storm in My Heart
The Incomparable Lena Horne
An Evening With Lena Horne
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
