Lena Horne

Acting

Born: 1917-06-30
Died: 2010-05-09
From: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.6

Also Known As

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne

Biography

Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather. Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning political views, Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood. Returning to her roots as a nightclub performer, Horne took part in the March on Washington in August 1963, and continued to work as a performer, both in nightclubs and on television, while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than three hundred performances on Broadway and earned her numerous awards and accolades. She continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, disappearing from the public eye in 2000. Horne died on May 9, 2010 in New York City. During her lifetime, Horne was awarded four Grammys, a Tony, and a NAACP Image Award . She also received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1984.

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Awards & Nominations15 won Β· 8 nominated

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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Being Myself

1999
πŸ† Won

Grammy Hall of Fame

1999
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist

Being Myself

1999
πŸ† Won

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

An Evening with Lena Horne

1995
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album

An Evening with Lena Horne

1995
πŸ† Won

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

1989
πŸ† Won

Radcliffe Medal

1987
πŸ† Won

honorary degree from Spelman College

1987
πŸ† Won

Paul Robeson Award

1984
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Kennedy Center Honors

1984
πŸ† Won

Spingarn Medal

1983
πŸ† Won

NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award

1982
πŸ† Won

Special Tony Award

1981
πŸ† Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

1981
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Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

1981
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

1981
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical

1981
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Lena...Lovely and Alive

1962
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Lena Horne at the Sands

1961
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance

Porgy and Bess

1959
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical

1958
πŸ† Won

International Civil Rights Walk of Fame

πŸ† Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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