Lena Horne
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Lena Horne
*June 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York
as Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
May 9, 2010 New York, New York

American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.

Films

1994

A Century of Women

1978

The Wiz

1969

Death of a Gunfighter

1957

The Heart of Show Business

1956

Meet Me in Las Vegas

1950

Duchess of Idaho

1948

Words and Music

1946

Till the Clouds Roll by

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

1943

Cabin in the Sky
I Dood It
Swing Fever
Thousands Cheer


Imdb: 0395043

Books by Lena Horne
Lena Horne and Richard Schickel
Lena,
Garden City, N.Y., 1965
Books on Lena Horne
James Gavin
Stormy weather, The life of Lena Horne
New York, 2009
Books with substantial mentioning of Lena Horne

Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
, 2006

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974
Books with photograph(s) of Lena Horne
Obituaries
Franz Everschor, Lena Horne, in: Filmdienst, nr. 11, 2010 pp. 18