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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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Till the Clouds Roll By
  • Strange Frame: Love & Sax
  • The Duke Is Tops

Known For

  • Stormy Weather
  • The Wiz
  • Cabin in the Sky
  • Death of a Gunfighter
  • Ziegfeld Follies
  • Till the Clouds Roll By
  • The Dean Martin Show
  • The Duke Is Tops
  • Password
  • Beyond the Riviera

Filmography

2021
2021
How It Feels to Be Free · as Self (archival Footage)
2019
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
2010
The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Memorial Tribute
2009
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
2002
It's Black Entertainment · as Self (archive Footage)
1996
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self
1995
1994
That's Entertainment! III · as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
1994
1994
1993
1993
1993 Essence Awards · as Self - Honoree
1993
The 65th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1993
1993
1992
1990
1988
1987
A Different World (TV Series) · as Self
1986
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Self
1985
1984
1984
The Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Lena Horne
1983
Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Herself - Narrator (voice)
1983
1982
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
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
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

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