World singer Lena Horne

Lena Horne

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 30-6-1917

Population of US 1917: 103,268,000

Global rank: #13631

Email: updating

Phone number: updating

World singer Lena Horne profile

Who is World singer Lena Horne?
Of the twentieth century, African-American singer and actress. She is best known for the song "Stormy Weather," which won a Grammy for her 1981 album Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, and for appearing in the film versions of The Wiz, Broadway Rhythm, and Ziegfeld Follies
A civil rights activist with. Left-wing political leanings, she was blacklisted in Hollywood during McCarthy's time.
 
 

Young / Before famous

After dropping out of high school at the age of sixteen, she performed in the chorus of Harlem's famous Cotton Club.

Family life info

She was born in New York City to a wealthy family of European, African-American, and Native heritage. She married Louis Jordan Jones in 1937; The couple had two children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling World singer Lena Horne?
She appeared with jazz musicians Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington in the 1940 musical film Cabin in Sky.

Body measurements of

How tall is World singer Lena Horne? What Lena Horne's weight?
Height: updating
Weight: updating
Measurements: updating

Summary of Lena Horne profile

When was World singer Lena Horne born?
Lena Horne was born in 30-6-1917, death year is , at the age of 107.
Where is World singer Lena Horne's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Lena Horne was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a World singer, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. Lena Horne's global rank is 13631 and whose rank is 61 in list of famous World singer. Population of US in 1917 is about 103,268,000 persons.
Celebrities born in:
/
 
 

Events in 1917 and 30-6

Events in US in the birth year of Lena Horne

  • U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6). Background: World War I
  • "I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster, featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to WWI duty.
  • Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence (July 28). Background: civil rights

Birthday Lena Horne (30-6) in history

  • Day 30-6 year 1859: French acrobat Charles Blondin, AKA Jean Francois Gravelet, walked across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
  • Day 30-6 year 1908: A powerful natural explosion from an unknown cause rocked the Tunguska Basin, in eastern Siberia, flattening hundreds of square miles of forest and resulting in tremors that could be felt hundreds of miles away.
  • Day 30-6 year 1921: President Warren G. Harding appointed former president William H. Taft chief justice of the United States.
  • Day 30-6 year 1934: Adolf Hitler secured his position in the Nazi party by a "blood purge," ridding the party of other leaders such as Ernst Roehm and Kurt von Schleicher.
  • Day 30-6 year 1936: Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind was published.
  • Day 30-6 year 1971: The 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, was ratified by the states.
  • Day 30-6 year 1998: The remains of a Vietnam War serviceman buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers were identified as those of Air Force pilot Michael J. Blassie.
Show all

Other famous World singer

Famous people born in New York City

Note about World singer Lena Horne

Lena Horne infomation and profile updated by nguoinoitieng.tv.