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Lena Horne. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television, and theatre.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Lena Horne? Lena Horne was a singer, actress and Civil Rights Activist who first established herself as an accomplished live singer and then transitioned into film work.
Feb 6, 2018 · Her stardom was rooted in two 1943 musical films, Stormy Weather and Cabin in the Sky. She continued to appear in roles as a singer and dancer through the 1940s. Lena Horne's signature song, from the 1943 film of the same name, is "Stormy Weather." She sings it twice in the film.
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Sep 13, 2024 · Lena Horne was an American singer and actress who first came to fame in the 1940s. Horne left school at age 16 to help support her ailing mother and became a dancer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City.
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May 22, 2010 · Lena Horne was the first African-American in Hollywood to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. Lena Horne later wrote that the movie producers did not make her into a...
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Jul 1, 2020 · Lena Horne’s Long, Hard Climb. All about the screen icon and civil rights activist, who would have turned 103 this week—from her best friendship with Ava Gardner to her righteous response to a...
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Jan 15, 2021 · Lena Horne was one of the most recognizable actors, singers and civil rights icons of her era. Throughout her 70-year career, Horne struggled to forge her own identity amid deep-seated racism and...
