People
Lena Horne
- Name: Lena Horne
- Birthday: 1917-06-30
- Also known as: Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
- Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Popularity: 7.739
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage) | 2021-01-18 |
| Sid & Judy as Self (archive footage) | 2019-06-26 |
| The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Singer (archive footage) | 2019-02-25 |
| Storm in My Heart as Self (archive footage) | 2018-02-01 |
| Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days as Self (uncredited) (archive footage) | 2010-01-05 |
| Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 as Self (archive footage) | 2006-12-06 |
| Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage) | 2005-06-04 |
| Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas | 2005-01-01 |
| An Evening With Lena Horne as self | 2005-01-01 |
| The Incomparable Lena Horne | 2004-10-26 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years as Self (archive footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| The Harlem Renaissance as Self (archival footage) | 2004-01-01 |
| It's Black Entertainment as Self (archive footage) | 2002-02-08 |
| Paul Robeson: Here I Stand as Self | 1999-02-24 |
| That's Entertainment! III as Self - Co-Host / Narrator | 1994-07-01 |
| Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
| Aretha Franklin: Duets as Self | 1993-05-09 |
| You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story as Self (archive footage) | 1990-07-23 |
| Sesame Street: Learning About Letters as Self | 1986-05-12 |
| Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
| DTV: Golden Oldies as Herself | 1984-09-01 |
| Night of 100 Stars as Self | 1982-03-08 |
| The Wiz as Glinda the Good | 1978-10-24 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage) | 1976-05-16 |
| That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) | 1974-06-21 |
| Death of a Gunfighter as Claire Quintana | 1969-05-08 |
| Now! as Self (voice) | 1965-01-01 |
| Beyond the Riviera | 1960-10-24 |
| The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies as Self - Singer | 1960-02-15 |
| Meet Me in Las Vegas as Lena Horne | 1956-03-09 |
| A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 as Herself | 1955-03-28 |
| Duchess of Idaho as Lena Horne | 1950-07-14 |
| Words and Music as Lena Horne | 1948-12-31 |
| Till the Clouds Roll By as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne | 1946-12-05 |
| Studio Visit as Herself | 1946-05-11 |
| Mantan Messes Up as Lene | 1946-01-01 |
| Swingtime Jamboree as Herself | 1946-01-01 |
| Ziegfeld Follies as Lena Horne (segment "Love") | 1945-08-26 |
| Harlem Hotshots as (archive footage) | 1945-06-01 |
| Two Girls and a Sailor as Specialty | 1944-06-14 |
| Broadway Rhythm as Fernway de la Fer | 1944-01-19 |
| Boogie-Woogie Dream | 1944-01-01 |
| Swing Fever as Herself | 1943-11-01 |
| Thousands Cheer as Lena Horne | 1943-09-13 |
| I Dood It as Herself | 1943-09-01 |
| Stormy Weather as Selina Rogers | 1943-07-21 |
| Cabin in the Sky as Georgia Brown | 1943-04-09 |
| Panama Hattie as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited) | 1942-09-30 |
| The Duke Is Tops as Ethel Andrews | 1938-07-15 |
