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Lena Horne

1917-06-30

The 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 political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. Horne died on May 9, 2010 in New York City. During her lifetime, Horne was awarded four Grammys, a Tony, and a NAACP Image Award . She also received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1984.

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Movies

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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom

7.6 average rating
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The Wiz

6 average rating
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Death of a Gunfighter

6.318 average rating
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That's Entertainment!

7.2 average rating
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That's Entertainment, Part II

6.8 average rating
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Stormy Weather

6.9 average rating
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Meet Me in Las Vegas

4.7 average rating
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Words and Music

5.7 average rating
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Till the Clouds Roll By

5.6 average rating
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Ziegfeld Follies

6.1 average rating
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Night of 100 Stars

6.5 average rating
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That's Entertainment! III

6.943 average rating
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Cabin in the Sky

6.3 average rating
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Sid & Judy

7.6 average rating
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Swing Fever

5 average rating
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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

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Night of 100 Stars II

8 average rating
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Duchess of Idaho

5 average rating
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I Dood It

4 average rating
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Thousands Cheer

6.4 average rating