Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1917-06-30
Day of Death
2010-05-09
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Lena 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.
Filmography (53)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
Sid & Judy
2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019Storm in My Heart
2018
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
Judy Garland Duets
2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
It's Black Entertainment
2002
