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...
Also Known As
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
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Lena Horne's Movies
The Wiz
24 Oct 1978
That's Entertainment!
21 Jun 1974
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
25 Feb 2019
Ziegfeld Follies
26 Aug 1945
Cabin in the Sky
24 Mar 1943
Now!
01 Jan 1965
Stormy Weather
21 Jul 1943
That's Entertainment, Part II
16 May 1976
Death of a Gunfighter
25 Apr 1969
That's Entertainment! III
01 Jul 1994
Till the Clouds Roll By
05 Dec 1946
Thousands Cheer
13 Sept 1943
Words and Music
31 Dec 1948
Sid & Judy
26 Jun 2019
Meet Me in Las Vegas
09 Mar 1956
Two Girls and a Sailor
14 Jun 1944
The Duke Is Tops
15 Jul 1938
Duchess of Idaho
14 Jul 1950
I Dood It
01 Sept 1943
Night of 100 Stars II
10 Mar 1985
Lena Horne's TV Shows
The Cosby Show
20 Sept 1984
The Muppet Show
05 Sept 1976
Sanford and Son
14 Jan 1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
01 Oct 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
01 Oct 1962
The Oscars
19 Mar 1953
A Different World
24 Sept 1987
Reading Rainbow
06 Jun 1983
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
22 Jan 1968
What's My Line?
02 Feb 1950
American Masters
23 Jun 1986
The Ed Sullivan Show
20 Jun 1948
Great Performances
28 Jan 1971
The Dean Martin Show
16 Sept 1965
The Flip Wilson Show
17 Sept 1970
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
10 Jun 1996
The Colgate Comedy Hour
10 Sept 1950
Password
02 Oct 1961
The Kennedy Center Honors
28 Dec 1978
The Mike Douglas Show
11 Dec 1961