Lena Horne
Actor
- Born
- June 30, 1917 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- May 9, 2010 (age 92)
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.
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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.
Known for
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- 2021How It Feels to Be Free as Self (archival footage)
- 2019Sid & Judy as Self (archive footage)
- 2019The Green Book: Guide to Freedom as Self - Singer (archive footage)
- 2018Storm in My Heart as Self (archive footage)
- 2010Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
- 2006Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 as Self (archive footage)
- 2005Judy Garland Duets as Self (archive footage)
- 2005Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
- 2005An Evening With Lena Horne as self
- 2004
