Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was a singer, dancer, actress, and activist who had a wildly successful career as a nightclub performer and recording artist. She was one of the first African-Americans to sign a long-term movie contract with a major Hollywood studio when she joined MGM in 1942. Horne was also a noted stage actress, but her success in Hollywood was cut short because of her outspoken activism and African-American heritage.

She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter and Billy Eckstine.

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR

• That's Entertainment! III (16-Jun-1994) Herself
• The Wiz (24-Oct-1978)
• Death of a Gunfighter (25-Apr-1969)
• Meet Me in Las Vegas (9-Mar-1956) Herself
• Duchess of Idaho (14-Jul-1950) Herself
• Words and Music (9-Dec-1948) Herself
• Till the Clouds Roll By (5-Dec-1946)
• Ziegfeld Follies (8-Apr-1946)
• Two Girls and a Sailor (27-Apr-1944) Herself
• Broadway Rhythm (19-Jan-1944)
• Stormy Weather (17-Nov-1943)
• Thousands Cheer (13-Sep-1943) Herself
• I Dood It (Sep-1943) Herself
• Cabin in the Sky (9-Apr-1943)
• Panama Hattie (Sep-1942) Herself
• The Bronze Venus (Jun-1938)

Links

• Wikipedia: Lena Horne
• New Georgia Encyclopedia: Lena Horne