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Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Highest Rated: 100% Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Lowest Rated: 44% The Wiz (1978)

Birthday: Jun 30, 1917

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA

One of the greatest American artists of all time, Lena Horne endured more than her fair share of "Stormy Weather" as the title of her 1943 film and sultry signature song implied. Yet the chanteuse and actress - who possessed one of the most lush voices in the history of recorded music - broke down barriers, not only with performances of memorable songs like "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Black Coffee," but also for speaking out about the prejudice she experienced during her early years as a contract player at MGM and the subsequent hardships she experienced throughout her time in the entertainment business. The recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor in 1984, the elegant actress was a legend with a cause. Horne sang her pain, acted through intolerance, and fought long and hard to erase color lines.

Highest rated movies

100% Till the Clouds Roll By
100% Two Girls and a Sailor
95% Stormy Weather
83% Death of a Gunfighter
81% Cabin in the Sky
69% Ziegfeld Follies
63% The Duke Is Tops
44% The Wiz

Photos

Lena Horne DU BARRY WAS A LADY, boxer Joe Louis, Zero Mostel, Lena Horne, clowning around on-set, 1943 PANAMA HATTIE, Lena Horne, 1942 STORMY WEATHER, Lena Horne, 1943 ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, Lena Horne, 1946 STORMY WEATHER, Lena Horne, 1943. ©20th Century Fox STORMY WEATHER, Lena Horne, 1943. ©20th Century Fox DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER, Lena Horne, Richard Widmark, 1969 DEATH OF A GUNFIGHTER, Lena Horne, Richard Widmark, 1969 THE WIZ, Lena Horne, 1978, (c) Universal Pictures. STORMY WEATHER, Lena Horne, 1943, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE DUKE IS TOPS, (aka THE BRONZE VENUS), Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, 1938. THE DUKE IS TOPS, (aka THE BRONZE VENUS), Ralph Cooper, Lena Horne, 1938. THE BRONZE VENUS, (aka THE DUKE IS TOPS), Lena Horne (left), 1938 TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY, Robert Walker (at piano), (top row) June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, (middle row): Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, (bottom): Frank Sinatra, 1946 CABIN THE SKY, John William Sublett, Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, 1943 STORMY WEATHER, center: Bill Robinson, Lena Horne, 1943. ©20th Century Fox BROADWAY RHYTHM, Lena Horne, 1944 CABIN IN THE SKY, Lena Horne, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, 1943 TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY, Robert Walker, (top, l to r): June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, (bottom, l to r): Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, 1946
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lena Horne - The Incomparable Lena Horne Unknown (Character) - 2004
100% 83% That's Entertainment! III Self $150.8K 1994
44% 65% The Wiz Glinda the Good (Character) - 1978
83% 54% Death of a Gunfighter Claire Quintana (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 66% Meet Me in Las Vegas Self - 1956
No Score Yet 47% Duchess of Idaho Self - 1950
69% 58% Ziegfeld Follies Singer in the "Love" Segment (Character) - 1946
100% 48% Till the Clouds Roll By Julie (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Swing Fever Self - 1944
100% 81% Two Girls and a Sailor Specialty (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 12% Broadway Rhythm Fernway de la Fer (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Boogie-Woogie Dream Self - 1944
No Score Yet 33% I Dood It Self - 1943
No Score Yet 56% Thousands Cheer Self - 1943
95% 80% Stormy Weather Selina Rogers (Character) - 1943
81% 80% Cabin in the Sky Georgia Brown (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 40% Panama Hattie Self - 1942
63% 67% The Duke Is Tops Ethel Andrews (Character) - 1938

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Music Performer 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sanford and Son Unknown (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judy Garland Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1953 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Different World Unknown (Guest Star)