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.
55 movies · 34 shows
How It Feels to Be Free
2021·0.0
Sid & Judy
2019·7.4
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019·7.8
Storm in My Heart
2018·0.0
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010·0.0
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006·0.0
Judy Garland Duets
2005·0.0
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005·0.0
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005·0.0
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004·0.0
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004·0.0
The Harlem Renaissance
2004·6.0
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004·5.3
It's Black Entertainment
2002·8.7
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001·0.0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999·8.0
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995·8.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994·7.0
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994·7.0
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993·8.3
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990·0.0
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990·9.0
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986·7.0
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·6.8
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984·0.0
Night of 100 Stars
1982·5.8
The Wiz
1978·6.2
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976·7.0
That's Entertainment!
1974·7.4
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973·0.0
Death of a Gunfighter
1969·6.2
Now!
1965·6.3
Beyond the Riviera
1960·0.0
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960·0.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958·6.0
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956·4.5
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955·0.0
Duchess of Idaho
1950·4.9
Words and Music
1948·5.8
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946·5.8
Studio Visit
1946·5.5
Mantan Messes Up
1946·8.0
Swingtime Jamboree
1946·0.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945·6.0
Harlem Hotshots
1945·0.0
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944·5.8
Broadway Rhythm
1944·6.3
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944·0.0
Swing Fever
1943·6.0
Thousands Cheer
1943·6.4
I Dood It
1943·5.0
Stormy Weather
1943·6.9
Cabin in the Sky
1943·6.5
Panama Hattie
1942·5.7
The Duke Is Tops
1938·6.3