About
Lena Horne (June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010) was a singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Stormy Weather.
Filmography
How It Feels to Be Free2021 · Self (archival footage)
Sid & Judy2019 · Self (archive footage)
The Green Book: Guide to Freedom2019 · Self - Singer (archive footage)
Storm in My Heart2018 · Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days2010 · Self (uncredited) (archive footage)
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.22006 · Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland Duets2005 · Self (archive footage)
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas2005
An Evening With Lena Horne2005 · self
The Incomparable Lena Horne2004
Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover2004
The Harlem Renaissance2004 · Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004 · Self (archive footage)
It's Black Entertainment2002 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel2001 · Self (archive footage)
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand1999 · Self
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies1995 · Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III1994 · Self - Co-Host / Narrator
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!1994 · Self (archive footage)
Aretha Franklin: Duets1993 · Self