Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

30/06/1917

Day of Death

09/05/2010
(93) years old

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

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 i... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2021

How It Feels to Be Free

as Self (archival footage)

2019

Sid & Judy

as Self (archive footage)

2019

The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

2018

Storm in My Heart

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

as Self (uncredited) (archive footage)

2006

Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2

as Self (archive footage)

2005

Judy Garland Duets

as Self (archive footage)

2004

The Harlem Renaissance

as Self (archive footage)

2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

as Self (archive footage)

2002

It's Black Entertainment

as Self (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as Self - Co-Host / Narrator

1994

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: ...

as Self (archive footage)

1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

as Self (archive footage)

1978

The Wiz

as Glinda the Good

1977

Sesame Street at Night?

as Self (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1969

Death of a Gunfighter

as Claire Quintana

1965

Now!

as Self (voice)

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

Studio Visit

as Herself

1946

Mantan Messes Up

as Lene

1946

Swingtime Jamboree

as Herself

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Lena Horne (segment "Love")

1945

Harlem Hotshots

as (archive footage)

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Specialty

1944

Broadway Rhythm

as Fernway de la Fer

1943

Swing Fever

as Herself

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Lena Horne

1943

I Dood It

as Herself

1943

Stormy Weather

as Selina Rogers

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as Georgia Brown

1942

Panama Hattie

as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredi...

1938

The Duke Is Tops

as Ethel Andrews

Crew

1965

Now!

as Music