Lena Horne
Actor · Music
Born Jun 30, 1917 · Brooklyn, New York, USA
Active 1938–2010 · Awards: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Special Tony Award, NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
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…
Filmography
The Cosby Show (1984) - Lena HorneThe Wiz (1978) - Glinda the GoodSanford and Son (1972)Stormy Weather (1943) - Selina RogersCabin in the Sky (1943) - Georgia BrownZiegfeld Follies (1945) - Lena Horne (segment "Love")Now! (1965) - MusicThe Dean Martin Show (1965)Death of a Gunfighter (1969) - Claire QuintanaThousands Cheer (1943) - Lena HorneTill the Clouds Roll By (1946) - Julie LaVerne / Lena HorneWords and Music (1948) - Lena HorneMantan Messes Up (1946) - LeneYour Show of Shows (1950)The Perry Como Show (1956)The Duke Is Tops (1938) - Ethel AndrewsMGM Parade (1955)Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) - SpecialtyBroadway Rhythm (1944) - Fernway de la FerKraft Music Hall (1958)Duchess of Idaho (1950) - Lena HorneMeet Me in Las Vegas (1956) - Lena HorneSarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas (2005)The Incomparable Lena Horne (2004)