8.0
8.0
Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993
as Self
Lena Horne
Acting
Born:June 30, 1917
Died:May 9, 2010(aged 92)
Birthplace:Brooklyn, New York, USA
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CommunityBiography
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 (42 movies)
7.4
7.4
Sid & Judy
2019
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as Self - Co-Host / Narrator
6.9
6.9
Stormy Weather
1943
as Selina Rogers
6.5
6.5
Cabin in the Sky
1943
as Georgia Brown
6.4
6.4
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Lena Horne
6.2
6.2
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
as Claire Quintana
6.2
6.2
Now!
1965
as Self (voice)
6.1
6.1
The Wiz
1978
as Glinda the Good
6.0
6.0
The Harlem Renaissance
2004
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
The Duke Is Tops
1938
as Ethel Andrews
6.0
6.0
Ziegfeld Follies
1945
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
5.7
5.7
Words and Music
1948
as Lena Horne
5.7
5.7
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as Specialty
5.7
5.7
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
5.5
5.5
Broadway Rhythm
1944
as Fernway de la Fer
5.0
5.0
Swing Fever
1943
as Herself
4.4
4.4
Duchess of Idaho
1950
as Lena Horne
4.0
4.0
Panama Hattie
1942
as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
3.5
3.5
Studio Visit
1946
as Herself
3.5
3.5
I Dood It
1943
as Herself
Sesame Street at Night?
1977
as Self (archive footage)
Mantan Messes Up
1946
as Lene
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955
as Self
The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999
as Self
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986
as Self
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
DTV: Golden Oldies
1984
as Self
Storm in My Heart
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944
Swingtime Jamboree
1946
as Herself
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
as Self - Singer
How It Feels to Be Free
2021
as Self (archival footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006
as Self (archive footage)
An Evening With Lena Horne
2005
as self
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
TBA
as Self
Harlem Hotshots
1945
as (archive footage)
Beyond the Riviera
1960
Judy Garland Duets
2005
as Self (archive footage)
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