Lena Horne
Acting
Born 1917-06-30
Died 2010-05-09
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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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.
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What's My Line?
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Your Show of Shows
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Hollywood Black
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Now!
Password
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That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment! III
Till the Clouds Roll By
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Death of a Gunfighter
That's Entertainment, Part II
Night of 100 Stars II
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Night of 100 Stars
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Meet Me in Las Vegas
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Judy Garland Duets
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