Lena Horne
American dancer
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and... Wikipedia
Born: June 30, 1917, Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York, NY
Died: May 9, 2010, New York, NY
Education: Booker T. Washington High School and Boys and Girls High School
Children: Gail Lumet Buckley and Edwin Jones
Parents: Edna Louise Scottron and Edwin Fletcher Horne, Jr.
Spouse: Lennie Hayton (m. 1947–1971) and Louis Jordan Jones (m. 1937–1944)
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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over ...
Years active: 1933–2003
Instrument(s): Vocals
Relatives: Jenny Lumet (granddaughter); Jake Cannavale (great-grandson)
Occupation: Singer; dancer; actress; activist
Instrument(s): Vocals
Relatives: Jenny Lumet (granddaughter); Jake Cannavale (great-grandson)
Occupation: Singer; dancer; actress; activist
Lena Horne, Soundtrack: 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 ...
Date of birth: June 30, 1917
Apr 27, 2017 · Lena Horne was a singer, actress and Civil Rights Activist who first established herself as an accomplished live singer and then transitioned ...
Date of death: May 9, 2010
Date of birth: June 30, 1917
Cause of death: Heart failure
Date of birth: June 30, 1917
Cause of death: Heart failure
Jun 26, 2022 · Lena Horne, in full Lena Calhoun Horne, (born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died May 9, 2010, New York City), American singer and ...
May 14, 2010 · Born in Brooklyn in 1917, Lena Horne became one of the most popular African American performers of the 1940s and 1950s. At the age of sixteen ...
Jan 14, 2021 · June 30, 1917. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born in Brooklyn, NY. · 1933. Dropped out of school and began performing at the Cotton Club in Harlem ...
May 10, 2010 · Lena Horne, who broke new ground for black performers when she signed a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio and who went on to ...
May 10, 2010 · The velvet-voiced, multi-talented Horne first negotiated, and then resisted, the worst that a racist entertainment industry could throw at her.
Aug 27, 2015 · At the height of her career, the beautiful young performer accidentally stumbled into a power struggle between Hollywood communists and ...
Jun 29, 2020 · Born Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 09, 2010), the singer, dancer and actress was ...
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