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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 · 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. She signed with MGM studios and...
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...
May 14, 2010 · Lena Horne was an American treasure, a cultural icon whose career achievements and social legacy challenged and transformed America’s notions about race and culture.
Lena Horne was a legendary singer, actress and civil rights activist who starred in musicals such as Stormy Weather and The Wiz. IMDb provides her biography, filmography, awards, photos, videos and trivia.
May 10, 2010 · Lena Horne, who broke new ground for black performers when she signed a long-term contract with a major Hollywood studio and who went on to achieve international fame as a singer, died on Sunday...
Jun 26, 2024 · Lena Horne (born June 30, 1917, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died May 9, 2010, New York City) 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.
