Acting
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.
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
How It Feels to Be Free
Film · 2021
Sid & Judy
Film · 2019
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Film · 2019
Storm in My Heart
Film · 2018
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Film · 2010
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Film · 2006
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Film · 2005
An Evening With Lena Horne
Film · 2005
Judy Garland Duets
Film · 2005
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Film · 2004
The Harlem Renaissance
Film · 2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Film · 2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
Film · 2004
It's Black Entertainment
Film · 2002
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Film · 2001
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Film · 1999
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Series · 1996
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Film · 1995
That's Entertainment! III
Film · 1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Film · 1994
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Film · 1993
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Film · 1990
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Film · 1990
A Different World
Series · 1987
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Film · 1986
American Masters
Series · 1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Film · 1985
DTV: Golden Oldies
Film · 1984
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music
Film · 1984
The Cosby Show
Series · 1984
Reading Rainbow
Series · 1983
Night of 100 Stars
Film · 1982
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
Film · 1981
The Wiz
Film · 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
That's Entertainment, Part II
Film · 1976
The Muppet Show
Series · 1976
That's Entertainment!
Film · 1974
Keep U.S. Beautiful
Film · 1973
Keep US Beautiful
Series · 1973
Sanford and Son
Series · 1972
Great Performances
Series · 1971
The Flip Wilson Show
Series · 1970
Death of a Gunfighter
Film · 1969
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Series · 1968
Now!
Film · 1965
The Dean Martin Show
Series · 1965
The Hollywood Palace
Series · 1964
The Judy Garland Show
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Password
Series · 1961
The DuPont Show of the Week
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
Beyond the Riviera
Film · 1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Film · 1960
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
Series · 1959
The All-Star Christmas Show
Film · 1958
Kraft Music Hall
Series · 1958
The Twentieth Century
Series · 1957
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Film · 1956
The Steve Allen Show
Series · 1956
The Perry Como Show
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Film · 1955
Music 55
Series · 1955
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
Series · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
MGM Parade
Series · 1955
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Duchess of Idaho
Film · 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
Your Show of Shows
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Words and Music
Film · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948
Till the Clouds Roll By
Film · 1946
Mantan Messes Up
Film · 1946
Swingtime Jamboree
Film · 1946
Studio Visit
Film · 1946
Ziegfeld Follies
Film · 1945
Harlem Hotshots
Film · 1945
Broadway Rhythm
Film · 1944
Two Girls and a Sailor
Film · 1944
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Film · 1944
Stormy Weather
Film · 1943
Thousands Cheer
Film · 1943
Cabin in the Sky
Film · 1943
I Dood It
Film · 1943
Swing Fever
Film · 1943
Panama Hattie
Film · 1942
The Duke Is Tops
Film · 1938
Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue
Film