Lena Horne (1917 - 2010)

American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.

* June 30, 1917 Brooklyn, New York
 as Lena Mary Calhoun Horne
 May 9, 2010 New York, New York



Books by Lena Horne

Lena Horne and Richard Schickel
Lena,
Garden City, N.Y.,, 1965

Books on Lena Horne

James Gavin
Stormy weather, The life of Lena Horne
New York, 2009

Books with substantial mentioning of Lena Horne

Charlene Regester African American actresses Charlene Regester
African American actresses, The struggle for visibility, 1900-1960
Bloomington, 2010

 Leading Ladies
Leading Ladies, The 50 Most Unforgettable Actresses of the Studio Area
2006

James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts Hollywood Songsters James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts
Hollywood Songsters, A Biographical Dictionary
New York & London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Books with photograph(s) of Lena Horne

John Kobal (ed.) Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties John Kobal (ed.)
Movie-Star Portraits of the Forties, 163 Glamor Photos
New York, 1977

Obituaries

Franz Everschor, Lena Horne, in: Filmdienst, nr. 11, 2010 pp. 18