Lena Horne
Known for: Acting
Born: June 30, 1917
Died: May 9, 2010
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
57 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
3.0
Hollywood Black
2024
NR
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
7.4
Sid & Judy
2019
7.8
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019NR
Storm in My Heart
2018
NR
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
NR
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
NR
Judy Garland Duets
2005
NR
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
NR
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005
NR
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
NR
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
6.0
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
5.3
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
8.7
It's Black Entertainment
2002
NR
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
8.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
4.1
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
7.1
That's Entertainment! III
1994
7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
8.3
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
NR
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
9.0
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
7.1
A Different World
1987
7.0
American Masters
1986
7.0
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986
6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
7.0
The Cosby Show
1984
NR
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
NR
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
1984
8.4
Reading Rainbow
1983
5.8
Night of 100 Stars
1982
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
6.2
The Wiz
1978
8.0
The Muppet Show
1976
7.0
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
7.4
That's Entertainment!
1974NR
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973NR
Keep US Beautiful
1973
7.5
Sanford and Son
1972
6.1
Great Performances
1971
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
6.3
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
7.4
The Dean Martin Show
1965
6.3
Now!
1965
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
8.2
The Judy Garland Show
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
7.5
Password
1961
7.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
NR
Beyond the Riviera
1960
NR
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
8.0
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959
6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
5.4
Kraft Music Hall
1958
8.0
The Twentieth Century
1957
7.3
The Perry Como Show
1956
6.2
The Steve Allen Show
1956
NR
Tony Awards
1956
4.5
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956
NR
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955
7.5
MGM Parade
1955NR
Music 55
1955
NR
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
7.0
The Oscars
1953
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
4.9
Duchess of Idaho
1950
7.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
5.8
Words and Music
1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
5.8
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
5.5
Studio Visit
1946
8.0
Mantan Messes Up
1946
NR
Swingtime Jamboree
1946
6.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945NR
Harlem Hotshots
1945
5.8
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
6.3
Broadway Rhythm
1944
NR
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944
6.0
Swing Fever
1943
6.4
Thousands Cheer
1943
5.1
I Dood It
1943
6.9
Stormy Weather
1943
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943
5.7
Panama Hattie
1942
6.3
The Duke Is Tops
1938NR
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
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