Lena Horne
Acting
1917-06-30 · Brooklyn, 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.
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
How It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Movie
Sid & Judy
2019 · Movie
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 · Movie
Storm in My Heart
2018 · Movie
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · Movie
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006 · Movie
Judy Garland Duets
2005 · Movie
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005 · Movie
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005 · Movie
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004 · Movie
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004 · Movie
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Movie
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Movie
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Movie
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Movie
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Movie
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Series
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Movie
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993 · Movie
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Movie
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Movie
A Different World
1987 · Series
American Masters
1986 · Series
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
The Cosby Show
1984 · Series
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984 · Movie
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
1984 · Movie
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Series
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Movie
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Series
The Wiz
1978 · Movie
The Muppet Show
1976 · Series
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · Movie
That's Entertainment!
1974 · Movie
Keep US Beautiful
1973 · Series
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973 · Movie
Sanford and Son
1972 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Series
Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · Movie
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Series
The Dean Martin Show
1965 · Series
Now!
1965 · Movie
The Hollywood Palace
1964 · Series
The Judy Garland Show
1963 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Password
1961 · Series
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Series
Beyond the Riviera
1960 · Movie
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960 · Movie
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Series
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Movie
Kraft Music Hall
1958 · Series
The Twentieth Century
1957 · Series
The Perry Como Show
1956 · Series
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Movie
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955 · Series
MGM Parade
1955 · Series
Music 55
1955 · Series
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955 · Movie
The Oscars
1953 · Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
Duchess of Idaho
1950 · Movie
Your Show of Shows
1950 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Words and Music
1948 · Movie
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Series
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Movie
Studio Visit
1946 · Movie
Swingtime Jamboree
1946 · Movie
Mantan Messes Up
1946 · Movie
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Movie
Harlem Hotshots
1945 · Movie
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Movie
Broadway Rhythm
1944 · Movie
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944 · Movie
Swing Fever
1943 · Movie
Thousands Cheer
1943 · Movie
I Dood It
1943 · Movie
Stormy Weather
1943 · Movie
Cabin in the Sky
1943 · Movie
Panama Hattie
1942 · Movie
The Duke Is Tops
1938 · Movie
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
Movie