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