Personal Info
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
Lena Horne
Acting
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 as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
How It Feels to Be Free
as Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
as Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
as Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
as Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
An Evening With Lena Horne
as self
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
TV Shows
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage) · 4 ep.
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self · 2 ep.
A Different World
as Self · 1 ep.
American Masters
as Self · 1 ep.
The Cosby Show
as Lena Horne · 1 ep.
Reading Rainbow
as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep.
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self · 1 ep.
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell · 1 ep.
Keep US Beautiful
1 ep.
Sanford and Son
1 ep.