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Lena Horne
Actor, Composer
Born June 30, 1917Died May 9, 2010 (92 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | How It Feels to Be Free · as Self (archival Footage) |
| 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice · as Self |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom · as Self - Singer (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2011 | The 83rd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Special Memorial Tribute |
| 2011 | The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2011 | 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2010 | The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2009 | Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Classified X · as Self |
| 2005 | Judy Garland Duets · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets · as Self |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | 2nd Annual Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III · as Self - Co-Host / Narrator |
| 1994 | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies · as Self |
| 1994 | |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | 1993 Essence Awards · as Self - Honoree |
| 1993 | The 65th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1993 | Mafia: The History of the Mob in America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | That's Black Entertainment · as Self |
| 1988 | Entertaining the Troops · as Self |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | Learning About Letters · as Self |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II · as Self |
| 1984 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Lena Horne |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Herself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1983 | The 15th Annual NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars · as Self |
| 1982 | Jazz Greats · as Self |
| 1981 | The 35th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer & Special Award Recipient |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) · as Self (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Now · as Self (voice) |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | The Judy Garland Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas Show · as Self |
| 1956 | To Tell the Truth (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show (TV Series) · as Self - Singer |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Co-Hostess |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas · as Lena Horne |
| 1955 | Tonight at the London Palladium (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | The 26th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member (new York) |
| 1953 | Tonight! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1951 | |
| 1951 | See It Now (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | Duchess of Idaho · as Lena Horne |
| 1950 | What's My Line? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1949 | |
| 1948 | Words and Music · as Lena Horne |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1943 | Swing Fever · as Herself |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer · as Lena Horne |
| 1943 | I Dood It · as Herself |