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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 can I get horns on Fable 2? 1 AnswerYou have to be both somewhat corrupt and somewhat evil to have horns. Either one on their own won't really do it. Personally, I had very small horns start to ... 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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@EstelleDarlings awesome! You gotta find these old EBony covers. There's one with Lena Horne - gorgeous!
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RT @ClaudetteMonet Who's prettier Dorothy Dandridge, Diane Carroll or Lena Horne? :-D <--- You Suga!!!
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Who's prettier Dorothy Dandridge, Diane Carroll or Lena Horne? :-D
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♫ Lena Horne - Watch What Happens
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