Lena Horne
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
Notable Roles
The Wiz
Ziegfeld Follies
Stormy Weather
Thousands Cheer
Till the Clouds Roll By
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Broadway Rhythm
Two Girls and a Sailor
Death of a Gunfighter
Aretha Franklin: Duets
The Duke Is Tops
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
That's Entertainment! III
Cabin in the Sky
The Incomparable Lena Horne
Duchess of Idaho
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days