Lena Horne
Acting • Born 1917-06-30 – Died 2010-05-09
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 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
88 credits
The Wiz
Movie • 1978
Glinda the Good
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie • 1945
Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Stormy Weather
Movie • 1943
Selina Rogers
Thousands Cheer
Movie • 1943
Lena Horne
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie • 1946
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Movie • 1986
Self
Broadway Rhythm
Movie • 1944
Fernway de la Fer
Two Girls and a Sailor
Movie • 1944
Specialty
Death of a Gunfighter
Movie • 1969
Claire Quintana
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Movie • 1993
Self
The Duke Is Tops
Movie • 1938
Ethel Andrews
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Movie • 2005
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Cabin in the Sky
Movie • 1943
Georgia Brown
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Movie • 2004
Duchess of Idaho
Movie • 1950
Lena Horne
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Movie • 2010
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Now!
Movie • 1965
Self (voice)
I Dood It
Movie • 1943
Herself
Swing Fever
Movie • 1943
Herself
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Mantan Messes Up
Movie • 1946
Lene
Words and Music
Movie • 1948
Lena Horne
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
An Evening With Lena Horne
Movie • 2005
self
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
Movie
Self
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie • 1985
Self
The Harlem Renaissance
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Movie • 1956
Lena Horne
Harlem Hotshots
Movie • 1945
(archive footage)
Swingtime Jamboree
Movie • 1946
Herself
DTV: Golden Oldies
Movie • 1984
Self
Beyond the Riviera
Movie • 1960
Judy Garland Duets
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Studio Visit
Movie • 1946
Herself
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Movie • 1955
Self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Panama Hattie
Movie • 1942
As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Movie • 1944
It's Black Entertainment
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Sid & Judy
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Movie • 1960
Self - Singer
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Movie • 2019
Self - Singer (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Movie • 2021
Self (archival footage)
Storm in My Heart
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Movie • 1999
Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Movie • 2004
Sesame Street at Night?
Movie • 1977
Self (archive footage)
The All-Star Christmas Show
Movie • 1958
Self
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Movie • 1973
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Lena Horne
Sanford and Son
TV • 1972
Password
TV • 1961
The Hollywood Palace
TV • 1964
Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self (uncredited)
Your Show of Shows
TV • 1950
Kraft Music Hall
TV • 1958
The Dean Martin Show
TV • 1965
The Flip Wilson Show
TV • 1970
Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV • 1961
Self
The Twentieth Century
TV • 1957
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self - Singer
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Music 55
TV • 1955
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
The Perry Como Show
TV • 1956
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
TV • 1955
The Muppet Show
TV • 1976
Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Judy Garland Show
TV • 1963
Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Reading Rainbow
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self - Host
A Different World
TV • 1987
Self
Keep US Beautiful
TV • 1973
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
MGM Parade
TV • 1955
Self