Lena Horne
Actor
Born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
How It Feels to Be Free
Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy
Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom
Self - Singer (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets
Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
An Evening With Lena Horne
self
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover
The Harlem Renaissance
Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
100 Years at the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets
Self
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Self (archive footage)
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
Self (archive footage)
A Different World
Self
American Masters
Self
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
The Cosby Show
Lena Horne
DTV: Golden Oldies
Self
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
The Wiz
Glinda the Good
The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Sanford and Son
Great Performances
Self
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
Death of a Gunfighter
Claire Quintana
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Show
Now!
Self (voice)
The Hollywood Palace
Self
The Judy Garland Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Password
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self
Beyond the Riviera
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies
Self - Singer
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
The All-Star Christmas Show
Self
Kraft Music Hall
The Twentieth Century
The Perry Como Show
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
Tony Awards
Self - Host
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Lena Horne
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium
MGM Parade
A.N.T.A. Album of 1955
Self
The Oscars
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Duchess of Idaho
Lena Horne
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Self
Words and Music
Lena Horne
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Till the Clouds Roll By
Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
Studio Visit
Herself
Mantan Messes Up
Lene
Swingtime Jamboree
Herself
Ziegfeld Follies
Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Two Girls and a Sailor
Specialty
Broadway Rhythm
Fernway de la Fer
Boogie-Woogie Dream
Swing Fever
Herself
Thousands Cheer
Lena Horne
I Dood It
Herself
Stormy Weather
Selina Rogers
Cabin in the Sky
Georgia Brown
Panama Hattie
As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)
The Duke Is Tops
Ethel Andrews