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1 de jul. de 2020 · When a 25-year-old Horne told her wealthy father, Teddy, that Walter White, then head of the NAACP, was urging her to take a stab at Hollywood stardom in the early 1940s, this son of a serious ...
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 ...
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.)
Lena Horne (1941; Foto von Carl Van Vechten) 1941 sang sie im Café Society mit Teddy Wilson ( Out of Nowhere). Nach einem halben Jahr zog sie nach Los Angeles, wo sie im Club „Little Troc“ sang. Schließlich erhielt sie einen Vertrag bei MGM, bedingte sich jedoch aus, nicht die üblichen Rollen für schwarze Schauspieler wie Zimmermädchen ...
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.
1 de sept. de 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 ...
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (Nova Iorque, 30 de junho de 1917 - Nova Iorque, 9 de maio de 2010) [1] foi uma famosa cantora e atriz norte-americana. Apesar de que já ter gravado e feito performances com vários músicos de jazz (notavelmente Artie Shaw e Teddy Wilson ), ela não era considerada uma cantora de jazz por muitos críticos musicais pelo fato de nunca fazer improvisações em seus shows.
