Lena Horne
Birthday
1917/06/30
Day of death
2010/05/09 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know 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...Read more
Acting
(1978) The Wiz
as Glinda the Good
(1945) Ziegfeld Follies
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
(1943) Stormy Weather
as Selina Rogers
(1943) Thousands Cheer
as Lena Horne
(1946) Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
(1986) Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Self
(1944) Broadway Rhythm
as Fernway de la Fer
(1944) Two Girls and a Sailor
as Specialty
(1969) Death of a Gunfighter
as Claire Quintana
(1993) Aretha Franklin: Duets
as Self
(1938) The Duke Is Tops
as Ethel Andrews
(2005) Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
as ---
(1994) That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
(1943) Cabin in the Sky
as Georgia Brown
(2004) The Incomparable Lena Horne
as ---
(1950) Duchess of Idaho
as Lena Horne
(2010) Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
(1965) Now!
as Self (voice)
(1943) I Dood It
as Herself
(1943) Swing Fever
as Herself
(2006) Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
(1946) Mantan Messes Up
as Lene
(1948) Words and Music
as Lena Horne
(1990) You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) An Evening With Lena Horne
as self
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
as Self
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(2004) The Harlem Renaissance
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Meet Me in Las Vegas
as Lena Horne
(1945) Harlem Hotshots
as (archive footage)
(1946) Swingtime Jamboree
as Herself
(1984) DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
(1960) Beyond the Riviera
as ---
(2005) Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
(1946) Studio Visit
as Herself
(1955) A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
as Herself
(2004) TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Panama Hattie
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1944) Boogie-Woogie Dream
as ---
(2002) It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
(2019) Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
(1960) The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
as Self - Singer
(2019) The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
(2021) How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
(2018) Storm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
(1994) Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(2004) Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
as ---
(1977) Sesame Street at Night?
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1996) The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Lena Horne
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1961) Password
as ---
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self
(1967) Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as ---
(1965) The Dean Martin Show
as ---
(1970) The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
(1961) The DuPont Show of the Week
as Self
(1957) The Twentieth Century
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Singer
(1968) Film Night
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1955) Music 55
as ---
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1956) The Perry Como Show
as ---
(1955) Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
as ---
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Recipient / Performer
(1976) The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1963) The Judy Garland Show
as Self
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Co-Hostess
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self - Host
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1987) A Different World
as Self
(1973) Keep US Beautiful
as ---
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Host
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1986) American Masters
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---