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Lena Horne Publiciteitsfoto voor de musical 'Till the Clouds Roll By' (1946). Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (New York, 30 juni 1917 – New York, 9 mei 2010) was een Amerikaanse zangeres, danseres, actrice en mensenrechtenactiviste.. Leven. Horne werd geboren in Brooklyn, in een gezin dat van beide kanten zowel Afrikaanse en indiaanse, als Europese voorouders had.
Lena Calhoun Horne (ur. 30 czerwca 1917 na Brooklynie, zm. 9 maja 2010 na Manhattanie) – amerykańska śpiewaczka, aktorka filmowa.. Występowała głównie z muzykami jazzowymi (m.in. Duke Ellingtonem), jednak mimo poruszania się w repertuarze jazzowym nie improwizowała.Była pierwszą Afroamerykanką, która podpisała w Hollywood długoletni kontrakt filmowy (debiutowała w 1943 rolą w ...
14 de ene. de 2021 · Lena Horne biographical timeline. January 14, 2021. Lena Horne poses in a sequined gown. Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images. Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was born in Brooklyn, NY. June 30, 1917. Dropped ...
10 de may. de 2010 · “Lena Horne at the Waldorf-Astoria,” recorded during a well-received eight-week run in 1957, reached the Top 10 and became the best-selling album by a female singer in RCA Victor’s history.
6 de feb. de 2018 · Cora Calhoun Horne's roots were in the family Lena Horne's daughter, Gail Lumet Buckley, has chronicled in her book The Black Calhouns.These well-educated bourgeois African Americans were descended from a nephew of secessionist vice president John C. Calhoun. (Buckley also chronicles the family's history in her 1986 book, The Hornes.)
13 de feb. de 2008 · Lena Horne was a major 20th Century entertainer. Born in Brooklyn, New York into an upper middle class black family on June 30, 1917, Horne battled racial injustice throughout her career. Despite her obstacles she became one of the most well known African American performers of the 20th Century, achieving fame as a singer and actor.
Lena Horne. Actress: Cabin in the Sky. Lena Calhoun Horne was born June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York. In her biography she stated that, on the day she was born, her father was in the midst of a card game trying to get money to pay the hospital costs. Her parents divorced while she was still a toddler. Her mother left later in order to find work as an...
