Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Person

Lena Horne

Actor 1917-06-30 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 political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub perf...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

1984 · Lena Horne

The Muppet Show

The Muppet Show

1976 · Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell

The Wiz

The Wiz

1978 · Glinda the Good

Sanford and Son

Sanford and Son

1972 · TV

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 · Self

A Different World

A Different World

1987 · Self

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

2019 · Self - Singer (archive footage)

Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

1945 · Lena Horne (segment "Love")

Stormy Weather

Stormy Weather

1943 · Selina Rogers

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

1983 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Cabin in the Sky

Cabin in the Sky

1943 · Georgia Brown

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · (archive footage)

Now!

Now!

1965 · Self (voice)

Death of a Gunfighter

Death of a Gunfighter

1969 · Claire Quintana

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994 · Self - Host

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1968 · Self (uncredited)

Till the Clouds Roll By

Till the Clouds Roll By

1946 · Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

1950 · Self