Lena Horne
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday30 June 1917
Died9 May 2010 (age 92)
Place of birthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Known credits92
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 …
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy
2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 · Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005 · self
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
The Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Self - Host
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993 · Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Self (archive footage)
A Different World
1987 · Self
American Masters
1986 · Self
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986 · Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
The Cosby Show
1984 · Lena Horne
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984 · Self
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
1984
Reading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
1981 · Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
The Wiz
1978 · Glinda the Good
The Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973 · Self
Keep US Beautiful
1973
Sanford and Son
1972
Great Performances
1971 · Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · Claire Quintana
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
1965
Now!
1965 · Self (voice)
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