Personal Info
Known Credits
52
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1917-06-30 (108 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known For
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
Lena Horne
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2021 --
How It Feels to Be Free
| Self (archival footage)
2019 --
Sid & Judy
| Self (archive footage)
2019 --
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
| Self - Singer (archive footage)
2018 --
Storm in My Heart
| Self (archive footage)
2010 --
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
| Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
2006 --
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
| Self (archive footage)
2005 --
Judy Garland Duets
| Self (archive footage)
2005 --
An Evening With Lena Horne
| self
2005 --
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
|
2004 --
The Incomparable Lena Horne
|
2004 --
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
|
2004 --
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
The Harlem Renaissance
| Self (archive footage)
2002 --
It's Black Entertainment
| Self (archive footage)
1999 --
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
| Self
1994 --
That's Entertainment! III
| Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994 --
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
| Self (archive footage)
1993 --
Aretha Franklin: Duets
| Self
1990 --
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
| Self (archive footage)
1986 --
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
| Self
1985 --
Night of 100 Stars II
| Self
1984 --
DTV: Golden Oldies
| Self
1982 --
Night of 100 Stars
| Self
1978 --
The Wiz
| Glinda the Good
1977 --
Sesame Street at Night?
| Self (archive footage)
1976 --
That's Entertainment, Part II
| (archive footage)
1974 --
That's Entertainment!
| (archive footage)
1969 --
Death of a Gunfighter
| Claire Quintana
1965 --
Now!
| Self (voice)
1960 --
Beyond the Riviera
|
1960 --
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
| Self - Singer
1956 --
Meet Me in Las Vegas
| Lena Horne
1955 --
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
| Herself
1950 --
Duchess of Idaho
| Lena Horne
1948 --
Words and Music
| Lena Horne
1946 --
Till the Clouds Roll By
| Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
1946 --
Studio Visit
| Herself
1946 --
Swingtime Jamboree
| Herself
1946 --
Mantan Messes Up
| Lene
1945 --
Ziegfeld Follies
| Lena Horne (segment "Love")
1945 --
Harlem Hotshots
| (archive footage)
1944 --
Two Girls and a Sailor
| Specialty
1944 --
Broadway Rhythm
| Fernway de la Fer
1944 --
Boogie-Woogie Dream
|
1943 --
Swing Fever
| Herself
1943 --
Thousands Cheer
| Lena Horne
1943 --
I Dood It
| Herself
1943 --
Stormy Weather
| Selina Rogers
1943 --
Cabin in the Sky
| Georgia Brown
1942 --
Panama Hattie
| As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
1938 --
The Duke Is Tops
| Ethel Andrews