Lena Horne
Acting
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.
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Age 29 (now 92)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 56 (now 92)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Age 101 (now 92)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Age 92
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
Age 89 (now 92)
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
Age 86 (now 92)
It's Black Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
Age 84 (now 92)
That's Entertainment! III
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Age 77 (now 92)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Self (archive footage)
Age 76 (now 92)
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
Age 73 (now 92)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
as Self (archive footage)
Age 72 (now 92)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Self
Age 68 (now 92)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
Age 58 (now 92) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age 56 (now 92)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
as Self - Singer
Age 42 (now 92)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Age 29 (now 92)
Panama Hattie
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
Age 25 (now 92)Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
as Self
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
Age 59 (now 92)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
Age 50 (now 92)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 45 (now 92) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self (archive footage)
Age 45 (now 92)
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
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Also Known As
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
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