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Lena Horne (World Music Singer) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Lena Horne Fast Facts
Birthday
*** ,1917
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Death day
May 9, 2010 (92 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
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Celebrities born on June 30
Born in 1917
Born in New York City, New York
Cancer named Lena
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First name Lena
Lena Horne
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood. Horne advocated for human rights and took part in the March on Washington in August 1963. Later she returned to her roots as a nightclub performer and continued to work on television, while releasing well-received record albums. She announced her retirement in March 1980, but the next year starred in a one-woman show, Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which ran for more than 300 performances on Broadway. She then toured the country in the show, earning numerous awards and accolades. Horne continued recording and performing sporadically into the 1990s, retreating from the public eye in 2000.
BornLena Mary Calhoun Horne, June 30, 1917, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 09, 2010, New York City, U.S.
OccupationSinger, dancer, actress, activist
Years active1933–2003
Children2
RelativesJenny Lumet (granddaughter), Jake Cannavale (great-grandson)

About Lena Horne

Lena Horne
Lena Horne

World Music Singer Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in New York City, New York, United States (She dies at the age of 92, on May 9, 2010).

Afro-American singer and actress from the twentieth century. She is most known for singing "Stormy Weather," winning a Grammy Award for her album World Music Singer Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music in 1981, and starring in film adaptations of Movie The Wiz, Broadway Rhythm, and Ziegfeld Follies.

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Lena Horne before becoming famous

Lena Horne was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1917 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She joined the chorus of Harlem's legendary Cotton Club after dropping out of high school at the age of sixteen.

Achievement of Lena Horne

She was blacklisted in Hollywood during the Politician McCarthy era as a civil rights activist with communist political leanings.

Lena Horne's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Lena Horne
Lena Horne

She was born into an aristocratic New York City family with European, African-American, and Native American ancestors. She married Louis Jordan Jones in 1937; the couple had two children.

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Lena Horne Collabed with

In the 1940 musical Cabin in the Sky, she starred alongside jazz stars Trumpet Player Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971) (Trumpet Player)
Louis Armstrong (1901 - 1971)

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Lena Horne Income & Net worth

Lena Horne's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a world music singer. Networth of Lena Horne in 2024 is 1,000,000$+.

Lena Horne Height and Weight

How tall is Lena Horne? At the age of 92, Lena Horne height is 5'6" (1.66m).

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Latest information about Lena Horne updated on March 10 2023.