- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 30, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Died
- May 9, 2010
Lena Horne
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 an…
Filmography
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021 · Self (archival footage)
movieSid & Judy
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019 · Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
movieStorm in My Heart
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieSesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010 · Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
movieJazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieJudy Garland Duets
2005 · Self (archive footage)
movieSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
movieAn Evening With Lena Horne
2005 · self
movieThe Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
movieSesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
movieThe Harlem Renaissance
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieTV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieIt's Black Entertainment
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
movieBeyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
moviePaul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999 · Self
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · Self - Co-Host / Narrator
movieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
movieAretha Franklin: Duets
1993 · Self
movieYou're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieBenny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990 · Self (archive footage)
tvA Different World
1987 · Self
tvAmerican Masters
1986 · Self
movieSesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986 · Self
movieNight of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Lena Horne
movieDTV: Golden Oldies
1984 · Self
tvReading Rainbow
1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieThe Wiz
1978 · Glinda the Good
tvThe Muppet Show
1976 · Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Keep U.S. Beautiful
movieKeep U.S. Beautiful
1973 · Self
Keep US Beautiful
tvKeep US Beautiful
1973
tvSanford and Son
1972
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
tvThe Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
movieDeath of a Gunfighter
1969 · Claire Quintana
tvRowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968 · Self (uncredited)
tvThe Dean Martin Show
1965
movieNow!
1965 · Self (voice), Music
tvThe Hollywood Palace
1964 · Self
tvThe Judy Garland Show
1963 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self (archive footage)
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
tvPassword
1961
tvThe DuPont Show of the Week
1961 · Self
movieBeyond the Riviera
1960
movieThe Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960 · Self - Singer
tvThe Bell Telephone Hour
1959 · Self, Self - Host
movieThe All-Star Christmas Show
1958 · Self
tvKraft Music Hall
1958
tvThe Twentieth Century
1957
tvThe Perry Como Show
1956
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Singer
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Host, Self - Recipient / Performer, Self - Presenter, Self - Co-Hostess
movieMeet Me in Las Vegas
1956 · Lena Horne
tvVal Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955
tvMGM Parade
1955 · , Self
Music 55
tvMusic 55
1955
movieA.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955 · Self
tvThe Oscars
1953 · Self
tvThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Self
movieDuchess of Idaho
1950 · Lena Horne
tvYour Show of Shows
1950
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieWords and Music
1948 · Lena Horne
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
movieStudio Visit
1946 · Herself
movieMantan Messes Up
1946 · Lene
movieSwingtime Jamboree
1946 · Herself
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945 · Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Harlem Hotshots
movieHarlem Hotshots
1945 · (archive footage)
movieTwo Girls and a Sailor
1944 · Specialty
movieBroadway Rhythm
1944 · Fernway de la Fer
movieBoogie-Woogie Dream
1944
movieSwing Fever
1943 · Herself
movieThousands Cheer
1943 · Lena Horne
movieI Dood It
1943 · Herself
movieStormy Weather
1943 · Selina Rogers
movieCabin in the Sky
1943 · Georgia Brown
moviePanama Hattie
1942 · As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
movieThe Duke Is Tops
1938 · Ethel Andrews
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
movieHonor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
— · Self