Acting · Brooklyn, New York, USA · Born June 30, 1917
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.
TVHollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021
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MovieSid & Judy
2019
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MovieThe Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
2018
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MovieSesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
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MovieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
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MovieJudy Garland Duets
2005
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MovieSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
MovieAn Evening With Lena Horne
2005
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MovieThe Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
MovieSesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
MovieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004
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MovieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004
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MovieIt's Black Entertainment
2002
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Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
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MoviePaul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
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TVThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
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MovieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
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MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
MovieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
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MovieAretha Franklin: Duets
1993
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MovieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
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MovieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
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TVA Different World
1987
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TVAmerican Masters
1986
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MovieSesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986
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MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
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TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Lena Horne
MovieDTV: Golden Oldies
1984
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TVReading Rainbow
1983
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MovieNight of 100 Stars
1982
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TVThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978
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MovieThe Wiz
1978
as Glinda the Good
TVThe Muppet Show
1976
as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
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MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973
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Keep US Beautiful
1973
TVSanford and Son
1972
TVGreat Performances
1971
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TVThe Flip Wilson Show
1970
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MovieDeath of a Gunfighter
1969
as Claire Quintana
TVRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self (uncredited)
TVThe Dean Martin Show
1965
MovieNow!
1965
as Self (voice)
TVThe Hollywood Palace
1964
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TVThe Judy Garland Show
1963
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
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TVPassword
1961
TVThe DuPont Show of the Week
1961
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MovieBeyond the Riviera
1960
MovieThe Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
as Self - Singer
TVThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959
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MovieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958
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TVKraft Music Hall
1958
TVThe Twentieth Century
1957
TVThe Perry Como Show
1956
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Singer
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Host
MovieMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956
as Lena Horne
TVVal Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955
TVMGM Parade
1955
Music 55
1955
MovieA.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
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TVThe Oscars
1953
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TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
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MovieDuchess of Idaho
1950
as Lena Horne
TVYour Show of Shows
1950
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
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MovieWords and Music
1948
as Lena Horne
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
MovieStudio Visit
1946
as Herself
MovieMantan Messes Up
1946
as Lene
MovieSwingtime Jamboree
1946
as Herself
MovieZiegfeld Follies
1945
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Harlem Hotshots
1945
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MovieTwo Girls and a Sailor
1944
as Specialty
MovieBroadway Rhythm
1944
as Fernway de la Fer
MovieBoogie-Woogie Dream
1944
MovieSwing Fever
1943
as Herself
MovieThousands Cheer
1943
as Lena Horne
MovieI Dood It
1943
as Herself
MovieStormy Weather
1943
as Selina Rogers
MovieCabin in the Sky
1943
as Georgia Brown
MoviePanama Hattie
1942
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
MovieThe Duke Is Tops
1938
as Ethel Andrews
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
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