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Jul 28, 2020 · 1. Lena Horne began performing at Harlem’s white-dominated Cotton Club when she was 16 years old. After a failed attempt to make it big as an actress on her own, Edna Louise Scottron—Lena ...
Sep 1, 2005 · Lena Calhoun Horne was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Edna Scottron and Edwin “Teddy” Horne on June 30, 1917. Her parents separated when she was a child, and she lived with her paternal grandparents and uncle. Horne’s grandmother Cora Calhoun Horne was well known in her community as an active supporter of many civil rights causes and took ...
Feb 6, 2018 · Occupation: singer, actress. Dates: June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010. Also known as: Lena Mary Calhoun Horne. Places: New York, Harlem, United States. Honorary degrees: Howard University, Spelman College. Cite this Article. Biography of Lena Horne, singer and actress: her career was marked for both the racial injustice she experienced, and her ...
May 10, 2010 · Lena Horne, circa the 1950s. AFP/Getty Images. In the reports of Lena Horne's death that have emerged so far, much has been made of the fact that she was a black woman in an age of popular ...
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レナ・ホーン. レナ・ホーン （ Lena Horne, 本名：Lena Mary Calhoun Horne, 1917年 6月30日 - 2010年 5月9日 ）は、 アメリカ合衆国 の ジャズ 歌手、俳優。. Lena は英語では「リーナ」のように発音される。. 広範囲に、そして自主的にジャズ・アーティスト（ アーティ ...
May 14, 2010 · When Lena Horne first signed with MGM, the studio wanted her to play a maid. But on the advice of Paul Robeson and her father, she refused. Fresh Air remembers the legendary star of stage and ...
