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- Birth name: Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
- Born: June 30, 1917
- Birth place: Brooklyn, New York
- Parents: Edwin "Teddy" Horne and Edna Scottron Yahoo! Movies: Lena Horne
- Children: Daughter, Gail and son, Edwin Lena Horne Tribute Site: Lena Horne Biography
- Debut film: The Duke is Tops (1938)
- Danced at The Cotton Club at 16 Lena Horne Tribute Site: Lena Horne Biography
- Blacklisted in the 1950s Yahoo! Movies: Lena Horne
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Lena Horne is an American singer and actress. She was the first African-American female performer to have a long-term contract with a major studio, MGM.
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Marriages
- Louis Jordan Jones (Married: January 1937 - Divorced: 1944) allmusic: Lena Horne
- Lennie Hayton (Married: December 1947) allmusic: Lena Horne
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Notable Roles
- 1938: Ethel Andrews in The Duke Is Tops
- 1943: Georgia Brown in Cabin in the Sky
- 1943: Selina Rogers in Stormy Weather'
- 1944: Fernway de la Fer in Broadway Rhythm
- 1969: Claire Quintana in Death of a Gunfighter
- 1978: Glinda the Good in The Wiz
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Lena Horne Questions
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how did michael die? from lena from norwayThe cause of death is not yet confirmed. He died after going into cardiac arrest, meaning his heart stopped working. The reason why his heart stopped working ... read more
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Lena Horne Timeline
- Note: The IMDb links in this timeline have pop-ups.
- 1917: Born on June 30 in Brooklyn, New York
- 1938: The Duke is Tops (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1942: Panama Hattie (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1943: Cabin in the Sky (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1943: Stormy Weather (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1946: Ziegfeld Follies (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1946: Till the Clouds Roll By (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1950: Duchess of Idaho (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1956: Meet Me in Las Vegas (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1957: Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria (Music Album) - allmusic
- 1969: Death of a Gunfighter (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1978: The Wiz (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1981: Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (Music Album) - allmusic
- 1988: The Men in My Life (Music Album) - allmusic
- 1994: That's Entertainment! III (Film) - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1994: We'll Be Together Again (Music Album) - allmusic
- 1998: Being Myself (Music Album) - allmusic
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"I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else."-Lena Horne
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