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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 ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Lena Horne was a singer, actress and Civil Rights Activist who first established herself as an accomplished live singer and then transitioned into film work. She signed with MGM studios and...
May 4, 1999 · Lena Horne (born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died May 9, 2010, New York City) was an American singer and actress who first came to fame in the 1940s. Horne left school at age 16 to help support her ailing mother and became a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City .
Lena Horne. Actress: Cabin in the Sky. 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.
May 14, 2010 · Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) Even in her eighties, the legendary Lena Horne has a quality of timelessness about her. Elegant and wise, she personifies both the glamour of...
Jan 15, 2021 · Lena Horne was one of the most recognizable actors, singers and civil rights icons of her era. Throughout her 70-year career, Horne struggled to forge her own identity amid deep-seated racism...
May 10, 2010 · Groundbreaking singer, performer and film star Lena Horne died Sunday in New York at the age of 92. Horne, the first African American to sign a long-term contract with a major film studio,...
