Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1917-06-30
- Day of Death2010-05-09 (92 years)
- Place of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
- Also Known AsLena Mary Calhoun Horne
Lena Horne
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1984
The Cosby Show
As: Lena Horne
- 1978
The Wiz
As: Glinda the Good
- 1969
Death of a Gunfighter
As: Claire Quintana
- 1956
Meet Me in Las Vegas
As: Lena Horne
- 1950
Duchess of Idaho
As: Lena Horne
- 1948
Words and Music
As: Lena Horne
- 1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
As: Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
- 1946
Mantan Messes Up
As: Lene
- 1945
Ziegfeld Follies
As: Lena Horne (segment "Love")
1944Two Girls and a Sailor
As: Specialty
1944Broadway Rhythm
As: Fernway de la Fer
1943Thousands Cheer
As: Lena Horne
1943Stormy Weather
As: Selina Rogers
1943Cabin in the Sky
As: Georgia Brown
1938The Duke Is Tops
As: Ethel Andrews