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Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Known For Acting
Birthday Jun 30, 1917
Died May 09, 2010 (92)
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Sep 14, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 i ... n 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.

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Filmography

The Wiz

The Wiz

1978

as Glinda the Good

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage)

Death of a Gunfighter

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

as Claire Quintana

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1956

as Lena Horne

Duchess of Idaho

Duchess of Idaho

1950

as Lena Horne

Words and Music

Words and Music

1948

as Lena Horne

Mantan Messes Up

Mantan Messes Up

1946

as Lene

Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

1945

as Lena Horne (segment "Love")

Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm

1944

as Fernway de la Fer

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

as Specialty

Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

1943

as Selina Rogers

Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

1943

as Georgia Brown

Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer

1943

as Lena Horne

The Duke Is Tops

The Duke Is Tops

1938

as Ethel Andrews

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Cosby Show

as Lena Horne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1984

The Perry Como Show

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 29, 1956

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jun 20, 1948

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self (uncredited)

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 09, 1967

The Dean Martin Show

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 16, 1965

The Flip Wilson Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 17, 1970

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 01, 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 10, 1996

Password

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 1961

Your Show of Shows

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 25, 1950

What's My Line?

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 02, 1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1950

Sanford and Son

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1972

The Hollywood Palace

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1964

Kraft Music Hall

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 08, 1958

The DuPont Show of the Week

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1961

The Twentieth Century

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 1957

The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 24, 1956

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Music 55

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 1955

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 28, 1978

Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1955

Tony Awards

as Self - Recipient / Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1976

The Judy Garland Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1963

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 1983

Tony Awards

as Self - Co-Hostess

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1959

The Bell Telephone Hour

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1959

A Different World

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 1987

Keep US Beautiful

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 1973

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Tony Awards

as Self - Host

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

American Masters

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 23, 1986

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

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