Lena Horne
Acting
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.
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
An Evening With Lena Horne
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
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Night of 100 Stars II
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DTV: Golden Oldies
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Night of 100 Stars
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The Wiz
Glinda the Good
Sesame Street at Night?
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
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That's Entertainment!
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Keep U.S. Beautiful
Self
Death of a Gunfighter
Claire Quintana
Now!
Self (voice)
Beyond the Riviera
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Self - Singer
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Lena Horne
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Self
Duchess of Idaho
Lena Horne
Words and Music
Lena Horne
Till the Clouds Roll By
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Studio Visit
Herself
Swingtime Jamboree
Herself
Mantan Messes Up
Lene
Ziegfeld Follies
Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Harlem Hotshots
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Two Girls and a Sailor
Specialty
Broadway Rhythm
Fernway de la Fer
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Swing Fever
Herself
Thousands Cheer
Lena Horne
I Dood It
Herself
Stormy Weather
Selina Rogers
Cabin in the Sky
Georgia Brown
Panama Hattie
As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
The Duke Is Tops
Ethel Andrews