Women / Persons ~ P23730
Lena Horne
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Social Networks and Archival ContextAlternate Names:
- Leana Horne
- Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 30 June 1917 - 9 May 2010
Types:
- Activist
- Activist, Civil Rights
- African American
- American, Native
- American (US)
- Member of committee or club
- Performer, singer
- Person of Mixed Race or Ethnicity
Note: Her parents were upper middle class and were somewhat prominent--her father was a successful gambler and her mother was an actress--but she was mostly raised by her grandparents. Got her start at the Cotton Club in NYC. Career spanned 70 years and included film, tv, and theater performances.