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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 ...
Jul 1, 2020 · When a 25-year-old Horne told her wealthy father, Teddy, that Walter White, then head of the NAACP, was urging her to take a stab at Hollywood stardom in the early 1940s, this son of a serious ...
Oct 31, 2023 · LENA HORNE: (Singing) Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky. Stormy weather since my man and I ain't together. LEILA FADEL, HOST: That's the voice of Lena Horne. She was a pioneering star of stage and screen in the 1940s and for decades after, and the epitome of Black beauty and excellence at a time when Hollywood was loathe to show either.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Lena Horne Movies . A long run at the Savoy-Plaza Hotel nightclub in 1943 gave Horne’s career a boost. She was featured in Life magazine and became the highest-paid Black entertainer at the time ...
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
In 1957, a live album entitled Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria became the biggest-selling record by a female artist in the history of the RCA Victor label at that time. And in 1958, Horne became the first Black woman to be nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, for her part in the Calypso musical Jamaica.
May 14, 2010 · ALLISON KEYES, host: Legendary performer Lena Horne is laid to rest today in New York. She touched many fans with her acting, her music and her class. And while most only glimpsed her work on ...
