Horne, Lena.
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Singer, actress, performer of stage, films and television. Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917 and began her professional career in 1934 as a chorus girl at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. In 1935 her career as a singer was launched with the Noble Sissle and later, the Charlie Barnet bands. She toured extensively in the United States and Europe. In the 1940s she appeared at New York's Cafe Society Downtown and from there went to Hollywood where she became the first black woman to sign a long term contract. Beginning in 1942, her films included "Panama Hattie," "Cabin the Sky," "Stormy Weather," "As Thousands Cheer," "Till the Clouds Roll By" and "The Wiz," among others.
Horne recorded extensively, her most popular recordings include "Stormy Weather," "Blues in the Night" and "The Lady is a Tramp." She sang on the radio, made numerous television appearances including the specials "Harry and Lena," 1972; "Jubilee," 1976; and "The Sound of His Music" (a salute to Richard Rogers) in 1976. Her Broadway stage appearances include "Blackbirds of 1939," "Jamaica" (1957) and her greatest recent success, a one-woman show called "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music" (1981), the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history, for which Ms. Horne won a Drama Desk Award as the Outstanding Actress in a Musical, a Special Tony Award for Distinguished Achievement in Theatre, a Special Award of the New York Drama Critics' Circle, New York City's Handel Medallion (the city's highest award in the arts and music), and two Grammy Awards - Best Female Pop Vocalist of 1982 and Best Original Cast Album. Horne is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Howard University, Washington, D.C., in 1997, the 1983 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Spingarn Medal and was a 1984 Kennedy Center Honors awardee.
From the guide to the Lena Horne collection, 1942-1989, 1981-1984, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)
Singer, actress, performer of stage, films and television.
Lena Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1917 and began her professional career in 1934 as a chorus girl at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York. In 1935 her career as a singer was launched with the Noble Sissle and later, the Charlie Barnet bands. She toured extensively in the United States and Europe. In the 1940s she appeared at New York's Cafe Society Downtown and from there went to Hollywood where she became the first black woman to sign a long term contract. Beginning in 1942, her films included "Panama Hattie," "Cabin the Sky," "Stormy Weather," "As Thousands Cheer," "Till the Clouds Roll By" and "The Wiz," among others.
Horne recorded extensively, her most popular recordings include "Stormy Weather," "Blues in the Night" and "The Lady is a Tramp." She sang on the radio, made numerous television appearances including the specials "Harry and Lena," 1972; "Jubilee," 1976; and "The Sound of His Music" (a salute to Richard Rogers) in 1976. Her Broadway stage appearances include "Blackbirds of 1939," "Jamaica" (1957) and her greatest recent success, a one-woman show called "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music" (1981), the longest running one-woman show in Broadway history, for which Ms. Horne won a Drama Desk Award as the Outstanding Actress in a Musical, a Special Tony Award for Distinguished Achievement in Theatre, a Special Award of the New York Drama Critics' Circle, New York City's Handel Medallion (the city's highest award in the arts and music), and two Grammy Awards - Best Female Pop Vocalist of 1982 and Best Original Cast Album. Horne is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from Howard University, Washington, D.C., in 1997, the 1983 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Spingarn Medal and was a 1984 Kennedy Center Honors awardee.
From the description of Lena Horne collection, 1942-1989 (bulk 1981-1984). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517292
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referencedIn | Actors' Equity Association. Paul Robeson award ceremonies collection [sound recording], 1978-1996. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Alexander King Papers, 1953-1987, (bulk 1953-1987) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
referencedIn | Alix Jeffry additional papers | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
creatorOf | Allen, Fred, 1894-1956. Mail call, radio program [sound recording]. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977. Charles Henry Alston papers, 1930s-1990s (bulk 1930s-1970s). | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
referencedIn | American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) | University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections | |
creatorOf | Armed Forces Radio Service. Command performance [sound recording]. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
referencedIn | Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
creatorOf | Ben and Ruth Liman Jazz Films Collection | National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center | |
referencedIn | Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937-. The Horne Family research collection 1777-1989. | New York Public Library System, NYPL |
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associatedWith | Actors' Equity Association. |
associatedWith | Actors' Equity Association. Paul Robeson Award |
associatedWith | Alston, Charles Henry, 1907-1977. |
associatedWith | American Museum of Vaudeville |
associatedWith | Armed Forces Radio Service. |
associatedWith | Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970 |
associatedWith | Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. |
associatedWith | Benney, Robert, 1904-2001 |
associatedWith | Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937- |
associatedWith | Buckley, Gail Lumet, 1937- |
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Birth 1917
Active 1945
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Birth 1917-06-30
Death 2010-05-09
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