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Lena Horne
American singer, actress, dancer and activist (1917–2010)
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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 30 June 1917
- Died
- 9 May 2010
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Sex or gender
- female
- Spouse
- Lennie Hayton
- Child
- Gail Lumet Buckley
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance
- Genre
- traditional pop, pop music, jazz, vocal jazz
- Occupation
- actor, dancer, singer, pin-up model, activist, stage actor, television actor, film actor, model, musician
- Citizenship
- United States
- Native language
- English
- Awards
- Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Special Tony Award, NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist, Grammy Hall of Fame, Spingarn Medal, Paul Robeson Award, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- birth name
- Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
- cause of death
- heart failure
- described by source
- Notable Black American Women, Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American and African Musicians, Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era
- discography
- Lena Horne discography
- end of work period
- 2000
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- instrument
- voice
- languages spoken, written or signed
- English
- manner of death
- natural causes
- married name
- Lena Horne Jones, Lena Horne Hayton
- name in native language
- Lena Horne
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Artist
- number of children
- 2
- record label
- Blue Note, MGM Records, RCA Records, Qwest Records, Warner Bros. Records, Decca
- residence
- Brooklyn
- start of work period
- 1933
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- English
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