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Lena Horne (1917–2010)


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 »

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Filmography

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2011 American Horror Story (TV series)
Spooky Little Girl (2011) (performer: "Good For Nothin' Joe" - uncredited)
 
2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV series documentary)
Best Band in the Land (2010) (performer: "The Man I Love")
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road", "Day In - Day Out")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (video documentary) (performer: "I Know You Remember" - uncredited)
 
2007 A Life in Words and Music (video short) ("The Lady Is a Tramp")
 
2006 Take the Lead (performer: "I Got Rhythm Take the Lead Remix", "I Got Rhythm")
 
2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (performer: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas")
 
2003 Miss Match (TV series)
Santa, Baby (2003) ("Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas")
 
2002 Six Feet Under (TV series)
I'll Take You (2002) ("Back in My Baby's Arms")
 
2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (TV documentary) (performer: "One for My Baby and One More for the Road" - uncredited)
 
2000 The Family Man (performer: "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow")
 
1997 Chicago Cab (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
 
1997 Déjà Vu (performer: "Where Or When")
 
1997 Lolita (performer: "Stormy Weather")
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary) (performer: "The Man I Love")
 
1994 That'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)
 
1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (performer: "A Fine Romance")
 
1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) (performer: "Stormy Weather" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (performer: "Stormy Weather")
 
1987 Beyond Therapy (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me")
 
1984 DTV: Golden Oldies (video) (performer: "Stormy Weather")
 
1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "If You Believe")
 
1980 Sesame Street (TV series)
1364 (1980) (performer: "It's not Easy Being Green")
 
1978 The Wiz (performer: "Tornado/Glinda's Theme", "If You Believe In Yourself Reprise")
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Lena Horne (1976) (performer: "I Got a Name", "Sing")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary) (performer: "Honeysuckle Rose" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter (performer: "SWEET APPLE WINE")
 
1967 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Episode dated 30 November 1967 (1967) (performer: "I'll Plant My Own Tree", "Someday My Prince Will Come")
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)
 
1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Episode #5.3 (1967) (performer: "Make Me Rainbows", "Stormy Weather")
 
1965 Now (documentary short) (performer: "Now")
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie) (performer: "From This Moment On")
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
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)
 
1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas (performer: "If You Can Dream")
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1955) (performer: "Ain't It the Truth" - uncredited)
 
1950 Duchess of Idaho (performer: "Baby Come Out of the Clouds")
 
1948 Words and Music (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Where or When")
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (performer: "Show Boat", "Why Was I Born?" - uncredited)
 
1946 Studio Visit (short) (performer: "Ain't It the Truth" - uncredited)
 
1945 Ziegfeld Follies (performer: "Love")
 
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor (performer: "Paper Doll" 1915 - uncredited)
 
1944 Broadway Rhythm (performer: "Brazilian Boogie", "Somebody Loves Me")
 
1944 Boogie-Woogie Dream (short) (performer: "Unlucky Woman")
 
1943 Stormy Weather (performer: "There's No Two Ways About Love" 1943 - uncredited, "At a Georgia Camp Meeting" 1897 - uncredited, "De Camptown Races" 1849 - uncredited, "Diga Diga Doo" 1928 - uncredited, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" 1928 - uncredited, "Stormy Weather" 1933 - uncredited)
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky (performer: "Life Is Full of Consequence" 1943, "Honey in the Honeycomb" 1940 - uncredited)
 
1943 Swing Fever (performer: "You're So Indifferent")
 
1943 I Dood It (performer: "Jericho" 1919)
 
1943 Thousands Cheer (performer: "Honeysuckle Rose" - uncredited)
 
1942 Panama Hattie (performer: "Just One of Those Things" 1935, "The Sping" 1942 - uncredited)
 
1938 The Duke Is Tops (performer: "I Know You Remember" - uncredited, "Don't Let Our Love Song Turn Into a Blues" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActress (14 titles)
1969 Death of a Gunfighter
Claire Quintana
 
1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas
Lena Horne
 
1950 Duchess of Idaho
Lena Horne
 
1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
Julie LaVerne (segment "Show Boat")/Herself
 
1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Lena Horne ('Love')
 
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
Lena Horne
 
1944 Broadway Rhythm
Fernway de la Fer
 
1943 Thousands Cheer
Lena Horne
 
1943 Stormy Weather
Selina Rogers
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky
Georgia Brown
 
1942 Panama Hattie
Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
 
1938 The Duke Is Tops
Ethel Andrews
 
1935 Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (short)
Cotton Club Dancer (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 19th Annual Trumpet Awards (TV movie) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (90 titles)
2004 The Masters Behind the Musicals (video documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home (video documentary)
Narrator
 
1996-1999 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) … Herself
Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice (1996) … Herself
 
1997-1998 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 22 May 1998 (1998) … Herself
Episode dated 16 June 1997 (1997) … Herself
 
1994 An Evening with Lena Horne (TV movie)
Herself
 
1994 Sinatra Duets (TV special)
Herself
 
1994 A Century of Women (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III (documentary)
Herself - Co-Host/Narrator (also archive footage)
 
1994 The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1994 That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (video documentary)
Herself (interview)
 
1993 1993 Essence Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Honoree
 
1993 Aretha Franklin: Duets (TV special)
Herself
 
1993 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Original Song
 
1993 A Different World (TV series)
Herself
A Rock, a River, a Lena (1993) … Herself
 
1991 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Herself
Snowy Day: Stories and Poems (1991) … Herself (voice)
 
1973-1989 Sesame Street (TV series)
Herself
Episode #20.32 (1989) … Herself
Episode #18.8 (1986) … Herself
Episode #7.76 (1976) … Herself
Episode #5.1 (1973) … Herself
 
1989 Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (documentary)
Herself
 
1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 25 November 1988 (1988) … Herself
 
1987 Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (TV movie)
Herself
 
1987 The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Brown Sugar (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1985 The Cosby Show (TV series)
Herself
Cliff's Birthday (1985) … Herself
 
1985 Night of 100 Stars II (TV movie)
Herself
 
1984 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (1984) … Herself
 
1984 Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (TV movie)
Herself
 
1983 The 37th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Co-Host
 
1983 The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1965-1982 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 November 1982 (1982) … Herself
Episode dated 15 December 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1982 The 36th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1982 Night of 100 Stars (TV special)
Herself
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 17 November 1981 (1981) … Herself
 
1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter & Performer
 
1979 Song by Song (TV series)
Herself - Music Performer
By Alan Jay Lerner (1979) … Herself - Music Performer
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 30 June 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1976 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Herself / Lola Bramswell
Lena Horne (1976) … Herself/Lola Bramswell (uncredited)
 
1970-1974 Flip (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.18 (1974) … Herself
Episode #2.11 (1971) … Herself
Episode #1.24 (1971) … Herself
Episode #1.12 (1970) … Herself
 
1973 Tony & Lena (TV movie)
Herself
 
1973 The Bruce Forsyth Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 April 1973 (1973) … Herself
 
1973 Keep U.S. Beautiful (TV movie)
Herself
 
1973 Sanford and Son (TV series)
Herself
A Visit from Lena Horne (1973) … Herself
 
1971 Film Night (TV series)
Herself
The Black Man in the Cinema (1971) … Herself
 
1969-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1970) … Herself
The Sound of Burt Bacharach (1969) … Herself
Episode #2.21 (1969) … Herself
 
1970 Harry and Lena (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.4 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 19 October 1969 (1969) … Herself
Episode dated 5 October 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 Monsanto Night Presents Lena Horne (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1968-1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.21 (1969) … Herself
Episode #2.13 (1968) … Herself (uncredited)
Episode #2.7 (1968) … Herself (uncredited)
Episode #2.4 (1968) … Herself
 
1969 The London Palladium Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 2 February 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1967-1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 30 January 1969 (1969) … Herself
Episode dated 28 November 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 19 September 1968 (1968) … Herself
Episode dated 30 November 1967 (1967) … Herself
Episode dated 19 October 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.3 (1967) … Herself
 
1967 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 May 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1966 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 20 November 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.35 (1966) … Herself
 
1958-1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) … Herself
Episode dated 18 October 1965 (1965) … Herself
Episode dated 17 October 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 31 January 1962 (1962) … Herself
Episode dated 20 January 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1966 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 18 January 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1965 Today (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 15 October 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Music in Manhattan (1965) … Herself - Singer
The Sound of Music (1965) … Herself - Singer
 
1965 Now (documentary short)
Herself (voice)
 
1964 The Royal Variety Performance 1964 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1964 Lena (TV movie)
Herself
 
1964 Freedom Spectacular (TV movie)
Herself
 
1964 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Herself
The Songs of Harold Arlen (1964) … Herself
 
1963 The Judy Garland Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.3 (1963) … Herself
 
1963 The Jack Paar Program (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.1 (1963) … Herself
 
1963 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Herself / Panelist
Lena Horne vs. Abe Burrows (1963) … Herself
Lena Horne vs. Mitch Miller (1963) … Panelist
 
1962 At This Very Moment (TV movie)
Herself
 
1962 The Milton Berle Spectacular (TV movie)
Herself
 
1962 The Milton Berle Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 9 March 1962 (1962) … Herself
 
1962 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Herself
Special (1962) … Herself
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
Herself
USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) … Herself
 
1955-1959 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Herself
Episode #5.5 (1959) … Herself
Episode #1.5 (1955) … Herself
 
1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #3.25 (1958) … Herself - Singer
 
1953-1958 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 2 March 1958 (1958) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 27 September 1953 (1953) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1957 The Heart of Show Business (short)
Herself
 
1951-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #10.31 (1957) … Herself
Episode #10.23 (1957) … Herself
Episode #5.1 (1951) … Herself
 
1957 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.9 (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Val Parnell's Startime (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 May 1956 (1956) … Herself
 
1955 Music 55 (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.1 (1955) … Herself
 
1955 A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1951-1953 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Performer
Episode dated 19 September 1953 (1953) … Herself
Episode #2.20 (1951) … Herself - Guest Performer
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #1.25 (1951) … Herself - Singer
 
1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1948 Words and Music
Herself
 
1946 Studio Visit (short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1944 Boogie-Woogie Dream (short)
Herself
 
1943 Swing Fever
Herself
 
1943 I Dood It
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (42 titles)
2012 Strange Frame: Love & Sax
Ethel Andrews
 
2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2011 The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (TV series documentary)
 
2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)
 
2010 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2010 Breakfast (TV series)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 A Life in Words and Music (video short)
Herself
 
2006 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2006 War Stories with Oliver North (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (video documentary)
Herself
 
1985-2003 Great Performances (TV series)
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
 
2001 The Nightclub Years (TV special documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (video documentary)
Herself
 
1998 Classified X (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 Entertaining the Troops (documentary)
Herself
 
1993 One on One: Classic Television Interviews (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1991 60 Minutes: The Entertainers (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1990 That's Black Entertainment (documentary)
Herself
 
1985 Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (video)
Herself
 
1984 DTV: Golden Oldies (video)
Herself
 
1980 Sesame Street (TV series)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clip from 'Words and Music'
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Herself
 
1974 That's Entertainment! (documentary)
Herself - at Banquet/Clip from 'Thousands Cheer'
 
1955-1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
 
1946 Mantan Messes Up
Herself
 
1945 Harlem Hotshots (short)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Radio: Appeared on the drama "Suspense!" in the episode "You Were Wonderful," airing 11/9/44. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 4 Print Biographies  | 5 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. See more »

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. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer