Cast
Lena Horne
Acting
Cast
Lena Horne
Known for
Acting
Born
1917-06-30
From
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died
2010-05-09
Also known as Lena Mary Calhoun 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.
The Wiz
as Glinda the Good
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stormy Weather
as Selina Rogers
Studio Visit
as Herself
Ziegfeld Follies
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Broadway Rhythm
as Fernway de la Fer
Death of a Gunfighter
as Claire Quintana
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Words and Music
as Lena Horne
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Lena Horne
Panama Hattie
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
I Dood It
as Herself
Swing Fever
as Herself
Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Self
Thousands Cheer
as Lena Horne
Cabin in the Sky
as Georgia Brown
The All-Star Christmas Show
as Self
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Two Girls and a Sailor
as Specialty
Now!
as Self (voice)
The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
Duchess of Idaho
as Lena Horne
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
Boogie-Woogie Dream
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Swingtime Jamboree
as Herself
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Self
DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
as Self - Singer
Keep U.S. Beautiful
as Self
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Riviera
The Duke Is Tops
as Ethel Andrews
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
Mantan Messes Up
as Lene
Storm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage)
Harlem Hotshots
as (archive footage)
An Evening With Lena Horne
as self
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
as Self
