Lena Horne
Actor
- Born
- June 30, 1917
- Died
- May 9, 2010 (age 92)
- From
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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…
Filmography (56)
How It Feels to Be Free (2021)Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy (2019)Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)Self - Singer (archive footage)- Storm in My HeartStorm in My Heart (2018)Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (2010)Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 (2006)Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets (2005)Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)
An Evening With Lena Horne (2005)self
The Incomparable Lena Horne (2004)
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover (2004)
The Harlem Renaissance (2004)Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment (2002)Self (archive footage)- Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDanielBeyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel (2001)Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995)Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993)Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (1990)Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters (1986)Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)Self
DTV: Golden Oldies (1984)Self
Night of 100 Stars (1982)Self
The Wiz (1978)Glinda the Good
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)(archive footage)
That's Entertainment! (1974)(archive footage) (uncredited)- Keep U.S. BeautifulKeep U.S. Beautiful (1973)Self