
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 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.
88 acting credits
Acting · 88

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

Great Performances
1971

The Cosby Show
1984

Tony Awards
1956

What's My Line?
1950

A Different World
1987

American Masters
1986

The Oscars
1953

Sanford and Son
1972

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

Reading Rainbow
1983

The Steve Allen Show
1956

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968

Kraft Music Hall
1958

The Dean Martin Show
1965

The Muppet Show
1976

Your Show of Shows
1950

The Flip Wilson Show
1970

MGM Parade
1955

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978

The Hollywood Palace
1964

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

The Twentieth Century
1957

Hollywood Black
2024

The Judy Garland Show
1963

Password
1961

The Wiz
1978

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

The DuPont Show of the Week
1961

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994

Night of 100 Stars
1982

Death of a Gunfighter
1969

It's Black Entertainment
2002

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004

That's Entertainment!
1974

Meet Me in Las Vegas
1956

Stormy Weather
1943

Sid & Judy
2019

Ziegfeld Follies
1945

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946

Words and Music
1948

That's Entertainment! III
1994

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976

Two Girls and a Sailor
1944

The Perry Como Show
1956

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
2010

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
2019

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990

Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
2004
Keep US Beautiful
1973

Panama Hattie
1942

Thousands Cheer
1943

Cabin in the Sky
1943

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999

Aretha Franklin: Duets
1993

Swing Fever
1943

Judy Garland Duets
2005

Broadway Rhythm
1944

I Dood It
1943
Music 55
1955

Studio Visit
1946

Duchess of Idaho
1950

How It Feels to Be Free
2021

The Harlem Renaissance
2004

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
1986

Boogie-Woogie Dream
1944

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
1960
Keep U.S. Beautiful
1973
Storm in My Heart
2018

DTV: Golden Oldies
1984

Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
1955

A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
1955

Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005

Swingtime Jamboree
1946

The Duke Is Tops
1938

Mantan Messes Up
1946

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
2006

Now!
1965
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
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Beyond the Riviera
1960

Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990

The Incomparable Lena Horne
2004
Harlem Hotshots
1945

An Evening With Lena Horne
2005