Biographies: Lena Horne - Actor

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An American actress and singer, born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She won two stars on the Walk of Fame in 1960, a Lifetime Grammy Award in 1989, and an AAFCA Award in 2010. She married Louis Jordan Jones (1937-1944) and had two children with him before they divorced. She married the composer Lennie Hayton (1947-1971), and he stayed with her until his death. She is known for Boogie-Woogie Dream (1944), An Evening with Lena Horne (1994), That's Entertainment lll (1994), and The Family Man (2000). Her parents separated when she was still a little girl, and her mother left her in the care of her grandmother. She attended many schools during her education, and she left school at the age of 14. After two years, she joined the theater as a singer and a dancer. She joined the famous black theater in Harlem, The Cotton Club; afterwards, she headed to Hollywood and played many diverse secondary roles. Lena signed a contract with MGM. She resisted the racial persecution that was practiced on talented black artists and turned to television work after the easing of racial discrimination. She was an activist and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Howard University in 1980. She died on May 9, 2010 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, of heart failure.

• 27 September 2021
• Christina Aziz