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Lena Horne

1917 - 2010

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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving on to Hollywood and Broadway. A groundbreaking African-American performer, Horne advocated for civil rights and took part in the March on Washington in August 1963. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lena Horne is the 2,946th most popular actor (down from 2,832nd in 2019), the 4,992nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,386th in 2019) and the 1,404th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Lena Horne ranks 2,946 out of 13,578. Before her are William Berger, Herbert Ross, Queen Latifah, Anne Haney, Steve Franken, and Kelly Rutherford. After her are Mehmood, Alicia Vikander, John Wood, Cameron Boyce, Kate Burton, and Sasha Alexander.

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Among people born in 1917, Lena Horne ranks 174. Before her are Dabbs Greer, Suzy Delair, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Vasily Mishin, Mouloud Mammeri, and Bertil Nordahl. After her are I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Red Auerbach, Musine Kokalari, André Waterkeyn, Zainab al Ghazali, and Jean Lucas. Among people deceased in 2010, Lena Horne ranks 199. Before her are Salvador Jorge Blanco, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Corin Redgrave, Daniel Bensaïd, Norman Wisdom, and Ronnie Clayton. After her are Tzannis Tzannetakis, Panajot Pano, Sandro de América, Petra Schürmann, Charles Mackerras, and Carl Adam Petri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lena Horne ranks 4,992 out of 20,380. Before her are Queen Latifah (1970), Anne Haney (1934), Albert Gutterson (1887), Steve Franken (1932), Kelly Rutherford (1968), and Maurice Karnaugh (1924). After her are Evan Williams (1972), Leona Woods (1919), Kevin Young (1966), Howard Schultz (1953), Cameron Boyce (1999), and Sasha Alexander (1973).

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Among actors born in United States, Lena Horne ranks 1,404. Before her are Tatum O'Neal (1963), Herbert Ross (1927), Queen Latifah (1970), Anne Haney (1934), Steve Franken (1932), and Kelly Rutherford (1968). After her are Cameron Boyce (1999), Sasha Alexander (1973), L. Q. Jones (1927), Bob Balaban (1945), Barry Newman (1938), and Amy Madigan (1950).

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