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Overview
Mini Biography:
Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. In her... moreAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win moreNewsDesk:
(13 articles)
Lena Horne's Story Of Trailblazing Glory (From New York Post. 17 June 2009, 12:31 AM, PDT)
Into the Time Machine of a Black-and-White TV
(From Vanity Fair. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)
US TV Schedule:
| Wed. July 8 | 8:00 AM | TCM | Till the Clouds Roll By | more |
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- A Life in Words and Music (2007) (V) ("The Lady Is a Tramp")
- Take the Lead (2006) (performer: "I Got Rhythm (Take the Lead Remix)", "I Got Rhythm")
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) (performer: "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas")
... aka Dirty Dancing 2 (Australia) (Singapore: English title) - "Miss Match" (1 episode, 2003)
- Santa, Baby (2003) TV episode ("Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas") - "Six Feet Under" (1 episode, 2002)
- I'll Take You (2002) TV episode ("Back in My Baby's Arms") - The Family Man (2000) (performer: "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow")
- Chicago Cab (1997) (performer: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
... aka Hellcab (USA: video title) - Déjà Vu (1997) (performer: "Where Or When")
- Lolita (1997) (performer: "Stormy Weather")
... aka Lolita (France) - Entertaining the Troops (1994) (performer: "The Man I Love")
- 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")
- The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) (performer: "A Fine Romance")
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) (performer: "Stormy Weather")
- Beyond Therapy (1987) (performer: "Someone To Watch Over Me")
- The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981) (TV) (performer: "If You Believe")
- The Wiz (1978) (performer: "Tornado/Glinda's Theme", "If You Believe In Yourself (Reprise)")
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp")
- That's Entertainment! (1974) (performer: "Honeysuckle Rose")
... aka That's Entertainment: 50 Years of MGM (USA: alternative title) - Death of a Gunfighter (1969) (performer: "SWEET APPLE WINE")
- "The Dean Martin Show" (1 episode, 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") - "The Hollywood Palace" (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode #5.3 (1967) TV episode (performer: "Make Me Rainbows", "Stormy Weather") - At This Very Moment (1962) (TV) (performer: "From This Moment On")
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (performer: "If You Can Dream")
... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK) - Duchess of Idaho (1950) (performer: "Baby Come Out of the Clouds")
- Words and Music (1948) (performer: "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Where or When")
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) (performer: "Show Boat" (uncredited), "Why Was I Born?" (uncredited))
- Studio Visit (1946) (performer: "Ain't It the Truth")
- Ziegfeld Follies (1946) (performer: "Love")
... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title) - Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) (performer: "Paper Doll" (uncredited))
- Broadway Rhythm (1944) (performer: "Brazilian Boogie", "Somebody Loves Me")
- Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944) (performer: "Unlucky Woman")
- Swing Fever (1943) (performer: "You're So Indifferent")
- I Dood It (1943) (performer: "Jericho" (1919))
... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK) - Thousands Cheer (1943) (performer: "Honeysuckle Rose" (1929))
- Stormy Weather (1943) (performer: "THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT LOVE", "AT A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING", "DE CAMPTOWN RACES", "DIGA DIGA DOO", "I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE", "STORMY WEATHER")
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) (performer: "Life Is Full of Consequence", "Honey in the Honeycomb")
- Panama Hattie (1942) (performer: "Just One of Those Things" (1935), "The Sping" (1942))
- 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:
- The Wiz (1978) .... Glinda the Good
- Death of a Gunfighter (1969) .... Claire Quintana
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) .... Julie LaVerne (in "Show Boat" / "Specialty")
- Broadway Rhythm (1944) .... Fernway de la Fer
- Stormy Weather (1943) .... Selina Rogers
- Cabin in the Sky (1943) .... Georgia Brown
- The Duke Is Tops (1938) .... Ethel Andrews
... aka The Bronze Venus (USA: reissue title)
Self:
- The Masters Behind the Musicals (2004) (V) .... Herself
- Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home (2001) (V) .... Narrator
- "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 - "American Masters" .... Herself (1 episode, 1996)
- Lena Horne: In Her Own Words (1996) TV episode .... Herself - An Evening with Lena Horne (1994) (TV) .... Herself
- Sinatra Duets (1994) (TV) .... Herself
- "A Century of Women" (1994) TV mini-series .... Herself
- That's Entertainment! III (1994) (also archive footage) .... Herself - Co-host/Narrator
- That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (1994) (V) .... Herself (interview)
- Aretha Franklin: Duets (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- The American Film Institute Salute to Elizabeth Taylor (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Original Song
- "A Different World" .... Herself (1 episode, 1993)
- A Rock, a River, a Lena (1993) TV episode .... Herself - "Reading Rainbow" .... Herself (1 episode, 1991)
- Snowy Day: Stories and Poems (1991) TV episode (voice) .... Herself - Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (1987) (TV) .... Herself
- "Brown Sugar" (1986) TV mini-series .... Herself
- "The Cosby Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1985)
- Cliff's Birthday (1985) TV episode .... Herself - The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Host
- "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 - The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) (TV) .... Herself
- The 35th Annual Tony Awards (1981) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter & Performer
- America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (1976) (TV) .... Herself
- "The Muppet Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1976)
- Episode #1.11 (1976) TV episode (uncredited) .... Herself - "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 - "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 - "The Bruce Forsyth Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode dated 28 April 1973 (1973) TV episode .... Herself - Keep U.S. Beautiful (1973) (TV) .... Herself
- "Sanford and Son" .... Herself (1 episode, 1973)
- A Visit from Lena Horne (1973) TV episode .... Herself - "Film Night" .... Herself (1 episode, 1971)
- The Black Man in the Cinema (1971) TV episode .... Herself - "The Kraft Music Hall" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
- Things Ain't What They Used to Be (1970) TV episode .... Herself - "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1970)
- Episode #2.4 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 13 February 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself - "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 - "The London Palladium Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode dated 2 February 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1967-1969)
... aka "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 30 January 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 30 November 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 19 October 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode #5.3 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 15 May 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "The Andy Williams Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1966)
- Episode dated 20 November 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Herself - "The Perry Como Show" .... Herself (6 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 21 February 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Herself
(1 more) - "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 - Now (1965) (voice) .... Herself
- "The Twentieth Century" .... Herself (1 episode, 1964)
- The Songs of Harold Arien (1964) TV episode .... Herself - "The Judy Garland Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode #1.3 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "The Jack Paar Program" .... Herself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode dated 20 September 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Herself - "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 - At This Very Moment (1962) (TV) .... Herself
- "The DuPont Show of the Week" .... Herself (1 episode, 1961)
- USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) TV episode .... Herself - "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 - "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 - "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 - The Heart of Show Business (1957) .... Herself
- "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 - "The Frank Sinatra Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
- Episode #1.9 (1957) TV episode .... Herself - Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) .... Herself
... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK) - "Music 55" .... Herself (1 episode, 1955)
- Episode #1.1 (1955) TV episode .... Herself - A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (1955) (TV) .... Herself
- "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 - "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 - Duchess of Idaho (1950) .... Herself - Cameo appearance
- Some of the Best (1949) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Words and Music (1948) .... Herself
- Studio Visit (1946) .... Herself
- Ziegfeld Follies (1946) .... Herself in 'Love'
... aka Ziegfeld Follies of 1946 (USA: poster title) - Two Girls and a Sailor (1944) .... Herself
- Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944) .... Herself
- Swing Fever (1943) .... Herself
- I Dood It (1943) .... Herself
... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK) - Thousands Cheer (1943) .... Herself
- Panama Hattie (1942) .... Herself - Singer in Phil's Place
Archive Footage:
- Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2009) .... Ethel Andrews
- A Life in Words and Music (2007) (V) .... Herself
-
"War Stories with Oliver North"
- Hollywood Goes to War (2006) TV episode .... Herself - Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (2004) (TV) .... Herself
-
"American Masters"
- Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) TV episode .... Herself - TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) (V) .... Herself
-
"Great Performances"
- The Great American Songbook (2003) TV episode - It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV) .... Herself
- "Sinatra: The Classic Duets" (2002) .... Herself
-
"Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song"
- From Russia with Love (2001) TV episode .... Herself - The Nightclub Years (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (1999) (V) .... Herself
- Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) (TV) .... Herself
- Classified X (1998) (TV) .... Herself
- Entertaining the Troops (1994) .... Herself
- All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994) (TV) .... Herself
- One on One: Classic Television Interviews (1993) (TV) .... Herself
- "American Justice: Target - Mafia" (1993) .... Herself
- Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992) (TV) .... Herself
- 60 Minutes: The Entertainers (1991) (TV) .... Herself
- That's Black Entertainment (1990)
- Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (1985) (V) .... Herself
- Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) (TV) .... Herself
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) .... Clip from 'Words and Music'
- That's Entertainment! (1974) .... Herself - at banquet/Clip from 'Thousands Cheer'
- Mantan Messes Up (1946) .... Herself
- Harlem Hotshots (1945) .... Herself
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