Lena Horne

Known for ActingBorn 1917-06-30Died 2010-05-09Brooklyn, 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.Read more

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Hollywood Black

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs

It's Black Entertainment

MGM Parade

Aretha Franklin: Duets

Reading Rainbow

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

Night of 100 Stars II

The Judy Garland Show

The Muppet Show

Sid & Judy

The Bell Telephone Hour

The Twentieth Century

Mantan Messes Up

Sanford and Son

The Kennedy Center Honors

Password

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

That's Entertainment!

American Masters

The Dean Martin Show

That's Entertainment! III

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

A Different World

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

The Cosby Show

The Perry Como Show

That's Entertainment, Part II

Your Show of Shows

The DuPont Show of the Week

Night of 100 Stars

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Stormy Weather

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Harlem Renaissance

The Wiz

Cabin in the Sky

Death of a Gunfighter

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Thousands Cheer

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Broadway Rhythm

The Steve Allen Show

The Duke Is Tops