Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. In her biography she stated that on the day she was born, her father was in the midst of a card game trying to get money to pay the hospital costs. Her parents divorced while she was still a toddler. Her mother left later in order to find work as an actress and Lena was left in the care of her grandparents...See full bio »
1994That's Entertainment! III
(documentary)
(performer: "Where or When" 1937 - uncredited, "Just One of Those Things" 1935 - uncredited, "Ain't It the Truth" 1942 - uncredited, "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" 1927 - uncredited)
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Episode dated 19 October 1967
(1967)
(performer: "Softly, as I Leave You" - uncredited, "You'd Better Love Me" - uncredited, "Bummin' Around" - uncredited, "There Will Never Be Another You" - uncredited, "They Can't Take That Away from Me" - uncredited, "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" - uncredited, "I Want to Be Happy" - uncredited, "Together" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 20 January 1960
(1960)
(performer: "My Heart Is a Hobo" - uncredited, "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" - uncredited, "You Don't Have to Know the Language" - uncredited, "Bob White Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?" - uncredited, "Cuckoo in the Clock" - uncredited, "Yellow Bird" - uncredited, "Listen to the Mocking Bird" - uncredited, "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" - uncredited)
A little nepotism never hurt nobody, honey. If you got it, use it. Press on with it. Remind them of it.
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Trivia:
She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6282 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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