Lena Horne

Lena Horne

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. Due to the Red Scare and her left-leaning...

Known For

The Wiz

as Glinda the Good

Stormy Weather

as Selina Rogers

Ziegfeld Follies

as Lena Horne (segment "Love")

Cast Credits

The Wiz

as Glinda the Good

Death of a Gunfighter

as Claire Quintana

Duchess of Idaho

as Lena Horne

Words and Music

as Lena Horne

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne

Ziegfeld Follies

as Lena Horne (segment "Love")

Harlem Hotshots

as (archive footage)

Broadway Rhythm

as Fernway de la Fer

Thousands Cheer

as Lena Horne

Stormy Weather

as Selina Rogers

Cabin in the Sky

as Georgia Brown

Panama Hattie

as As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited)

The Duke Is Tops

as Ethel Andrews