Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving on to Hollywood and Broadway.
A groundbreaking African-American performer, Horne advocated for civil rights and took part in the March on Washington in August 1963. Later she returned to her roots as a nightclub performer and continued to work 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 300 performances on Broadway. She then toured the country in the show, earning numerous awards and accolades. Horne continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, retreating from the public eye in 2000.
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more...
The LenaHorne Theatre (previously the Mansfield Theatre and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre) is a Broadway theater at 256 West 47th Street in the Theater...
The Mills Brothers, Nina Mae McKinney, Billie Holiday, Midge Williams, LenaHorne, and dancers such as Katherine Dunham, Bill Robinson, The Nicholas Brothers...
(NACW). She was the grandmother of entertainer LenaHorne and raised Horne when she was young. Horne was born in November 1865 in Atlanta, Georgia, to...
screenwriter. She is the daughter of director Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of LenaHorne. Lumet is perhaps most known for writing the original screenplay of the...
of film director Sidney Lumet, and a great-grandson of singer/actress LenaHorne. "Jake Cannavale: Performer". Internet Broadway Database (The Broadway...
American Fiction. Uggams was picked to star in Hallelujah, Baby! after LenaHorne declined the role of Georgina. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1967...
Theatre would be renamed after LenaHorne, The James Earl Jones Theatre was rededicated in September 2022, while the LenaHorne Theatre was rededicated that...
Andrews – A World in Music (1969)" – via YouTube. "Harry Belafonte, LenaHorne – Harry & Lena Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. "The Flip Wilson Show :...
hired to write the musical score. Sid Perelman wrote the libretto, while LenaHorne read for the title role. After six months of development, Minnelli abandoned...
album was a substitute for another Jones project, an album of duets with LenaHorne, which had to be abandoned. In 1986, Sinatra collapsed on stage while...
Boat/Herself Van Heflin as James I. Hessler, Kern’s (fictional) mentor LenaHorne as Julie LaVerne in Show Boat/Herself Dorothy Patrick as Eva Kern Van...
Lauren Bacall, Dorothy Dandridge, John Garfield, Katharine Hepburn, LenaHorne, John Huston, Gene Kelly and Billy Wilder. Garland took part in recording...
the Count Basie Orchestra with vocalist Joe Williams, Pearl Bailey, and LenaHorne. In 1957, Dandridge sued Confidential for libel over its article that...
Williams 1989 Fred Astaire Pablo Casals Dizzy Gillespie Jascha Heifetz LenaHorne Leontyne Price Bessie Smith Art Tatum Sarah Vaughan 1990 Nat King Cole...
"Time in a Bottle" is a song by singer-songwriter Jim Croce. He wrote the lyrics after his wife Ingrid told him she was pregnant in December 1970. It appeared...
"Guajira Pa la Jeva" Best Cast Show Album Quincy Jones (producer) & LenaHorne for LenaHorne: The Lady and Her Music Video of the Year Michael Nesmith for...
recorded seven albums of Christmas music. In a 1968 interview, he cited LenaHorne, Nat King Cole, and Bing Crosby among his musical influences. Mathis was...
board of trustees in 2020. Tunie made her Broadway debut alongside LenaHorne in LenaHorne: The Lady and Her Music in 1981. From 1987 to 1995, she starred...
easier way of people getting to know me. Lena Hall is a nice symmetrical name, and it reminds people of LenaHorne, who was a singer. And when people hear...
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