Lena Horne (1917–2010) |
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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...
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Died:(age 92) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
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2015
American Dad!
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- A Star Is Reborn
(2015)
... (performer: "Where or When")
2012
Nostalgia Critic
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Wiz
(2012)
... (performer: "If You Believe In Yourself (Reprise)")
2011
American Horror Story
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Spooky Little Girl
(2011)
... (performer: "Good For Nothin' Joe" - uncredited)
2011
Homeland
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Achilles Heel
(2011)
... (writer: "Watch What Happens" - uncredited)
2010
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- Best Band in the Land
(2010)
... (performer: "The Man I Love")
2009
Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me
(TV Movie 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)
2003
Miss Match
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Santa, Baby
(2003)
... (performer: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas")
2002
Sinatra: The Classic Duets
(TV Movie documentary) (performer: "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)" - uncredited)
2000
The Others
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Ones That Lie in Wait
(2000)
... (performer: "Stormy Weather")
1994
That's Entertainment! III
(Documentary) (performer: "Where or When" (1937), "Just One of Those Things" (1935), "Ain't It the Truth" (1942), "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927) - uncredited)
1992
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- The last Tonight Show
(1992)
... (performer: "Stormy Weather" (1933) - uncredited)
1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
(Video short) (performer: "The Alphabet Song" - uncredited)
1980
Sesame Street
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- 1364
(1980)
... (performer: "It's not Easy Being Green")
1976
The Muppet Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Lena Horne
(1976)
... (performer: "I Got a Name", "Sing")
1976
That's Entertainment, Part II
(Documentary) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp" (1937) - uncredited)
1967
The Dean Martin Show
(TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #3.12
(1967)
... (performer: "I'll Plant My Own Tree", "Someday My Prince Will Come")
- Episode #3.6
(1967)
... (performer: "Softly, as I Leave You", "You'd Better Love Me", "Bummin' Around", "There Will Never Be Another You", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries", "I Want to Be Happy", "Together" - uncredited)
1967
The Hollywood Palace
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.3
(1967)
... (performer: "Make Me Rainbows", "Stormy Weather")
1964
The Twentieth Century
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
- The Songs of Harold Arlen
(1964)
... (performer: "It's a New World")
1960
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: To the Ladies
(TV Special) (performer: "Ring the Bell", "But Beautiful", "From This Moment On", "As Long As I Live", "One for My Baby", "Stormy Weather", "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" - uncredited)
1960
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Robert Horton, Lena Horne, Corbett Monica
(1960)
... (performer: "My Heart Is a Hobo", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "You Don't Have to Know the Language", "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)", "Cuckoo in the Clock", "Yellow Bird", "Listen to the Mocking Bird", "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" - uncredited)
1957
The Ed Sullivan Show
(TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Episode #10.23
(1957)
... (performer: "It's Love", "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", "It's Alright with Me")
1955-1956
MGM Parade
(TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.22
(1956)
... (performer: "Love")
- Episode #1.6
(1955)
... (performer: "Ain't It the Truth" - uncredited)
1943
Stormy Weather
(performer: "There's No Two Ways About Love" (1943), "At a Georgia Camp Meeting" (1897), "De Camptown Races" (1849), "Diga Diga Doo" (1928), "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (1928), "Stormy Weather" (1933) - uncredited)
1943
Cabin in the Sky
(performer: "Life Is Full of Consequence" (1943), "Honey in the Honeycomb" (1940) (uncredited))
1938
The Duke Is Tops
(performer: "I Know You Remember", "Don't Let Our Love Song Turn Into a Blues" - uncredited)
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Actress (22 credits)
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Stage: Appeared (as "Savannah") in "Jamaica" on Broadway. Musical. Book by E.Y. Harburg (also lyrics) and Fred Saidy. Music by Harold Arlen. Musical Direction / Continuity / Vocals by Lehman Engel. Dance Music / Additional Vocals by Peter Matz. Music orchestrated by Philip J. Lang. Choreographed by Jack Cole. Production Stage Manager:... See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 5 Print Biographies | 7 Articles | 7 Pictorials | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)
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I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept. I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked. See more »Trivia:
While at MGM, her appearances in movies were shot so that they could be cut easily from the film. This was because MGM feared audiences of the day--but especially in the South--would not accept a beautiful black woman in romantic, non-menial roles. Many in the business believed that this was the main reason she lost out on playing the mulatto "Julie" in MGM's remake of Show Boat (1951). ... See more »Trademark:
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