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The Duke Is Tops (1938) -- A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
"Sesame Street" (1969): : -- Lena Horne sings a song to Grover and learns not to be shy.
"60 Minutes" (1968): : -- Ed Bradley’s favorite interview was with the incomparable Lena Horne, whom at 64 was still celebrating her sexuality, 27 years ago this week.
The Wiz (1978) -- An African American adaption of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the inner-city experience.
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) -- Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat' .

Overview

Date of Birth:
30 June 1917, Brooklyn, New York, USA more
Mini Biography:
Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. In her... more
Trivia:
She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at... more
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Up 31% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(18 articles)
I could have Vincent Gallo's baby | Stuart Heritage
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 4 January 2010, 8:46 AM, PST)
Michael Jackson’s movie The Wiz at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre
 (From Scorecard Review. 23 July 2009, 6:03 PM, PDT)

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Soundtrack, Actress, Self, Archive Footage
Soundtrack:
  1. Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) (performer: "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", "Day In - Day Out")
  2. A Life in Words and Music (2007) (V) ("The Lady Is a Tramp")
  3. Take the Lead (2006) (performer: "I Got Rhythm (Take the Lead Remix)", "I Got Rhythm")
  4. Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) (performer: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas")
    ... aka Dirty Dancing 2 (Australia) (Singapore: English title)
  5. "Miss Match" (1 episode, 2003)
        - Santa, Baby (2003) TV episode ("Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas")
  6. "Six Feet Under" (1 episode, 2002)
        - I'll Take You (2002) TV episode ("Back in My Baby's Arms")
  7. The Family Man (2000) (performer: "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow")

  8. Chicago Cab (1997) (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
    ... aka Hellcab (USA: video title)
  9. Déjà Vu (1997) (performer: "Where Or When")
  10. Lolita (1997) (performer: "Stormy Weather")
    ... aka Lolita (France)
  11. Entertaining the Troops (1994) (performer: "The Man I Love")
  12. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (performer: "Where or When", "Just One of Those Things", "Ain't It the Truth", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man")
  13. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) (performer: "A Fine Romance")
  14. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1 episode, 1992)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) TV episode (performer: "Stormy Weather" (1933) (uncredited))
  15. Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) (performer: "Stormy Weather")

  16. Beyond Therapy (1987) (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me")
  17. DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) (performer: "Stormy Weather")
  18. The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981) (TV) (performer: "If You Believe")

  19. The Wiz (1978) (performer: "Tornado/Glinda's Theme", "If You Believe In Yourself (Reprise)")
  20. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp")
  21. That's Entertainment! (1974) (performer: "Honeysuckle Rose")
    ... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title)

  22. Death of a Gunfighter (1969) (performer: "SWEET APPLE WINE")
  23. "The Dean Martin Show" (2 episodes, 1967)
    ... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 30 November 1967 (1967) TV episode (performer: "I'll Plant My Own Tree", "Someday My Prince Will Come")
        - Episode dated 19 October 1967 (1967) TV episode (performer: "Softly, as I Leave You" (uncredited), "You'd Better Love Me" (uncredited), "Bummin' Around" (uncredited), "There Will Never Be Another You" (uncredited), "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (uncredited), "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" (uncredited), "I Want to Be Happy" (uncredited), "Together" (uncredited))
  24. "The Hollywood Palace" (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode #5.3 (1967) TV episode (performer: "Make Me Rainbows", "Stormy Weather")
  25. At This Very Moment (1962) (TV) (performer: "From This Moment On")
  26. "The Perry Como Show" (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
        - Episode dated 20 January 1960 (1960) TV episode (performer: "My Heart Is a Hobo" (uncredited), "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (uncredited), "You Don't Have to Know the Language" (uncredited), "Bob White (Whatcha Gonna Swing Tonight?)" (uncredited), "Cuckoo in the Clock" (uncredited), "Yellow Bird" (uncredited), "Listen to the Mocking Bird" (uncredited), "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along" (uncredited))

  27. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (performer: "If You Can Dream")
    ... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK)
  28. Duchess of Idaho (1950) (performer: "Baby Come Out of the Clouds")

  29. Words and Music (1948) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Where or When")
  30. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) (performer: "Show Boat" (uncredited), "Why Was I Born?" (uncredited))
  31. Studio Visit (1946) (performer: "Ain't It the Truth")
  32. Ziegfeld Follies (1945) (performer: "Love")
    ... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title)
  33. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (performer: "Paper Doll" (uncredited))
  34. Broadway Rhythm (1944) (performer: "Brazilian Boogie", "Somebody Loves Me")
  35. Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944) (performer: "Unlucky Woman")
  36. Swing Fever (1943) (performer: "You're So Indifferent")
  37. I Dood It (1943) (performer: "Jericho" (1919))
    ... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK)
  38. Thousands Cheer (1943) (performer: "Honeysuckle Rose" (1929))
  39. Stormy Weather (1943) (performer: "THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT LOVE" (uncredited), "AT A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING" (uncredited), "DE CAMPTOWN RACES" (uncredited), "DIGA DIGA DOO" (uncredited), "I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE", "STORMY WEATHER")
  40. Cabin in the Sky (1943) (performer: "Life Is Full of Consequence", "Honey in the Honeycomb")
  41. Panama Hattie (1942) (performer: "Just One of Those Things" (1935), "The Sping" (1942) (uncredited))

  42. The Duke Is Tops (1938) (performer: "I Know You Remember", "Don't Let Our Love Song Turn Into A Blues")
    ... aka The Bronze Venus (USA: reissue title)
Actress:
  1. The Wiz (1978) .... Glinda the Good

  2. Death of a Gunfighter (1969) .... Claire Quintana

  3. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) .... Julie LaVerne (segment "Show Boat") / Herself
  4. Broadway Rhythm (1944) .... Fernway de la Fer
  5. Stormy Weather (1943) .... Selina Rogers
  6. Cabin in the Sky (1943) .... Georgia Brown

  7. The Duke Is Tops (1938) .... Ethel Andrews
    ... aka The Bronze Venus (USA: reissue title)
Self:
  1. The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004) (V) .... Herself
  2. Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home (2001) (V) .... Narrator

  3. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1997-1998)
        - Episode dated 22 May 1998 (1998) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 16 June 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Herself
  4. "American Masters" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
        - Lena Horne: In Her Own Words (1996) TV episode .... Herself
  5. An Evening with Lena Horne (1994) (TV) .... Herself
  6. Sinatra Duets (1994) (TV) .... Herself
  7. "A Century of Women" (1994) TV mini-series .... Herself
  8. That's Entertainment! III (1994) (also archive footage) .... Herself - Co-host/Narrator
  9. The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (1994) (TV) .... Herself
  10. That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (1994) (V) .... Herself (interview)
  11. Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993) (TV) .... Herself
  12. The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor (1993) (TV) .... Herself
  13. The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
  14. "A Different World" .... Herself (1 episode, 1993)
        - A Rock, a River, a Lena (1993) TV episode .... Herself
  15. "Reading Rainbow" .... Herself (1 episode, 1991)
        - Snowy Day: Stories and Poems (1991) TV episode (voice) .... Herself

  16. "Ebony/Jet Showcase" .... Herself (1 episode, 1988)
        - Episode dated 25 November 1988 (1988) TV episode .... Herself
  17. Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987) (TV) .... Herself
  18. The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (1987) (TV) .... Herself
  19. "Brown Sugar" (1986) TV mini-series .... Herself
  20. "The Cosby Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1985)
        - Cliff's Birthday (1985) TV episode .... Herself
  21. The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Host
  22. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1965-1982)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 23 November 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 15 December 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
  23. The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
  24. Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Herself
  25. The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter & Performer

  26. America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976) (TV) .... Herself
  27. "The Muppet Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
        - Episode #1.11 (1976) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself
  28. "The Flip Wilson Show" .... Herself (4 episodes, 1970-1974)
        - Episode #4.18 (1974) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #2.11 (1971) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #1.24 (1971) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #1.12 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
  29. "Sesame Street" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
    ... aka Open Sesame (New Zealand: English title: new syndication title)
    ... aka Sesame Street Unpaved (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka The New Sesame Street (USA: new syndication title)
        - Episode #5.1 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  30. "The Bruce Forsyth Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
        - Episode dated 28 April 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  31. Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973) (TV) .... Herself
  32. "Sanford and Son" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
        - A Visit from Lena Horne (1973) TV episode .... Herself
  33. "Film Night" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
        - The Black Man in the Cinema (1971) TV episode .... Herself
  34. "The Kraft Music Hall" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1970) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 19 November 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
  35. "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1970)
        - Episode #2.4 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 13 February 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself

  36. "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Herself (4 episodes, 1968-1969)
    ... aka Laugh-In
        - Episode #2.21 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #2.13 (1968) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself
        - Episode #2.7 (1968) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #2.4 (1968) TV episode .... Herself
  37. "The London Palladium Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
        - Episode dated 2 February 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
  38. "The Dean Martin Show" .... Herself (5 episodes, 1967-1969)
    ... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 30 January 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 28 November 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 19 September 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 30 November 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 19 October 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  39. "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode #5.3 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  40. "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 15 May 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  41. "The Andy Williams Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode dated 20 November 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
  42. "The Perry Como Show" .... Herself (7 episodes, 1958-1966)
    ... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
        - Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 18 October 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 17 October 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 31 January 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 20 January 1960 (1960) TV episode .... Herself
          (2 more)
  43. "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
        - Episode dated 18 January 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself
  44. "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Herself - Singer (2 episodes, 1965)
    ... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
        - Music in Manhattan (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
        - The Sound of Music (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
  45. Now (1965) (voice) .... Herself
  46. "The Twentieth Century" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
        - The Songs of Harold Arien (1964) TV episode .... Herself
  47. "The Judy Garland Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
        - Episode #1.3 (1963) TV episode .... Herself
  48. "The Jack Paar Program" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
        - Episode dated 20 September 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself
  49. "Password" .... Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1963)
    ... aka Password All-Stars (USA: new title)
        - Lena Horne vs. Abe Burrows (1963) TV episode .... Herself
        - Lena Horne vs. Mitch Miller (1963) TV episode .... Panelist
  50. At This Very Moment (1962) (TV) .... Herself
  51. "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Herself (1 episode, 1961)
        - USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) TV episode .... Herself

  52. "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" .... Herself (1 episode, 1959)
    ... aka Sunday Night at the London Palladium (UK: short title)
        - Episode #5.5 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
  53. "The Steve Allen Show" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #3.25 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
  54. "What's My Line?" .... Herself - Mystery Guest (2 episodes, 1953-1958)
        - Episode dated 2 March 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Herself - Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 27 September 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Herself - Mystery Guest
  55. The Heart of Show Business (1957) .... Herself
  56. "Toast of the Town" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1951-1957)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #10.31 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #10.23 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #5.1 (1951) TV episode .... Herself
  57. "The Frank Sinatra Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
        - Episode #1.9 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
  58. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) .... Herself
    ... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK)
  59. "Music 55" .... Herself (1 episode, 1955)
        - Episode #1.1 (1955) TV episode .... Herself
  60. A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955) (TV) .... Herself
  61. "Your Show of Shows" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1951-1953)
    ... aka Sid Caesar's Show of Shows (UK: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 19 September 1953 (1953) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 20 January 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Herself
  62. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1951)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #1.25 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - Singer
  63. Duchess of Idaho (1950) .... Herself - Cameo appearance

  64. Some of the Best (1949) (uncredited) .... Herself
  65. Words and Music (1948) .... Herself
  66. Studio Visit (1946) .... Herself
  67. Ziegfeld Follies (1945) .... Herself in 'Love'
    ... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title)
  68. Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) .... Herself
  69. Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944) .... Herself
  70. Swing Fever (1943) .... Herself
  71. I Dood It (1943) .... Herself
    ... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK)
  72. Thousands Cheer (1943) .... Herself
  73. Show Business at War (1943) (uncredited) .... Herself
    ... aka The March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10
  74. Panama Hattie (1942) .... Herself - Singer in Phil's Place
Archive Footage:
  1. Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) .... Herself
  2. Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2009) .... Ethel Andrews
  3. A Life in Words and Music (2007) (V) .... Herself
  4. "War Stories with Oliver North"
        - Hollywood Goes to War (2006) TV episode .... Herself
  5. Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004) (TV) .... Herself
  6. "American Masters"
        - Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) TV episode .... Herself
  7. TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V) .... Herself
  8. "Great Performances"
        - The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode
  9. It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV) .... Herself
  10. "Sinatra: The Classic Duets" (2002) .... Herself
  11. "Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song"
        - From Russia with Love (2001) TV episode .... Herself
  12. The Nightclub Years (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
  13. Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (1999) (V) .... Herself
  14. Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) (TV) .... Herself
  15. Classified X (1998) (TV) .... Herself
  16. Entertaining the Troops (1994) .... Herself
  17. All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) (TV) .... Herself
  18. One on One: Classic Television Interviews (1993) (TV) .... Herself
  19. "American Justice: Target - Mafia" (1993) .... Herself
  20. Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992) (TV) .... Herself
  21. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
        - Episode dated 22 May 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Herself
  22. 60 Minutes: The Entertainers (1991) (TV) .... Herself
  23. That's Black Entertainment (1990) .... Herself
  24. Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) (TV) .... Herself
  25. Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985) (V) .... Herself
  26. DTV: Golden Oldies (1984) (V) .... Herself
  27. "Sesame Street"
        - 1364 (1980) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself
  28. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) .... Clip from 'Words and Music'
  29. That's Entertainment! (1974) .... Herself - at banquet/Clip from 'Thousands Cheer'
  30. "MGM Parade"
        - Episode #1.22 (1956) TV episode
  31. Mantan Messes Up (1946) .... Herself
  32. Harlem Hotshots (1945) .... Herself

Additional Details

Other Works:
1997: TV commercial for The Gap (clothing store chain). more
Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 2 Print Biographies | 1 Article | 4 Pictorials more
Genres:
Music | Comedy | Musical | Family more
Plot Keywords:
Character Name In Title | Variety | Singer | Beautiful Woman more

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