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Stage Name

Birth Name

Lena Horne Lena Calhoun Horne

   -Lena Horne left home at the age of thirteen and started her professional career dancing in the chorus at the Cotton Clubin Harlem New York at Sixteen years of age. Lena's first movie role was "The Duke Is Tops" with Duke Ellington(also of the Cotton Club).

   -Lena was plagued by racism by the management's of the places she performed, at times Lena would rebel at the treatment she received. Despite this, Lena would become a legend among Stars and open the way for many performers who were to followed her. Lena was the first African American signed to a long-term studio contract.

   -She performed in New York nightclubs, on Broadway, and touring with the Charlie Barnet Orchestra as well as becoming a movie actress and would become the highest paid black actor in the country. In 1947, Horne married for the second time, to composer Lennie Hayton, a white man, and the two moved to Paris, where at the time, interracial marriages were more accepted.

Photos

Lena Horne Autograph

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Brooklyn, NY 6/30/1917 Lennie Hayton (1947) Gail
    Louis Jones (1937) Teddy
 

Dance Types

Dance Partners

, etc.

Music Titles

Ballroom Bill Robinson Black Coffee
Chorus Dancer Ricardo Montalban Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man of Mine
Jazz Rubberneck Holmes $Stormy Weather
Jitterbug       $1957 - LH at the Waldorf Astoria
        $Best Of Lena...Org Recordings
 

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Copacabana Imperial Theater 1934 - Dance with your Gods
Cotton Club       1936 - Blackbirds
Savoy Ballroom       1957 - Jamaica
Savoy Hotel       1957 - Tony and Lena Sing
Trocadero Club       1981 - LH The Lady and Her Music
 

Films

Television

Publications

193? - Bipp Bang Boogie 1958 - USO All Star Xmas 6/1943 - Song Parade
1938 - The Duke is Tops   1980s - Cosby Show 1/1944 - Coronet Mag
1940 - Harlem on Parade       1945 - Life Magazine
$1941 - Panama Hattie       2/12/1945 - PM Newspaper.
1942 - Boogie Woogie Dream       1/8/1955 - Quick Mag
1942 - G.I. Jubilee (GDW)       11/26/1955 - Quick Mag
1942 - Panama Hattie       $ Lena by Lena (bio)
1943 - Cabin in the Sky       $ Lena by James Haskins
1943 - I Dood It       $ Lena ... Melrose Sq
$1943 - Stormy Weather       $ Lena, Black Entertainer
          1990s - Essence Magazine
1943 - Thousands Cheer            
1944 - Boogie Woogie Dream            
$1944 - Broadway Rhythm            
1944 - Hi-De-Ho Holiday            
1944 - My New Gown            
$1944 - Two Girls and a Sailor            
1945 - Harlem Hot Shots       Lena Posters
1946 - Jivin' the Blues       Lena Horne Poster
Lena Horne
$ Poster At AllPosters.com
1946 - Mantan Messes Up      
$1946 - Till the Clouds Roll By      
$1945 - Ziegfeld Follies      
$1948 - Till the Clouds Roll By      
$1950 - The Duchess of Idaho      
$1956 - Meet Me in Las Vegas      
$1974 - That's Entertainment       Lena Horne
$1978 - The Wiz!            
$1984 - The Lady Sings the Blues            
$1994 - An Evening w/ Lena            
$1994 - That's Entertainment III            
$1999 - It's Black Entertainment            
$ That's Black Entertainment            
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August 14, 2007
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