Short Biography

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917), is an iconic African-American singer and actress. She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, and Charlie Barnet. She currently lives in New York City and no longer makes public appearances

Early life
Lena Horne was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in an upper middle class black community. Her father, Edwin "Teddy" Horne, who worked in the gambling trade, left the family when she was three. Her mother, Edna Scottron, was the daughter of inventor Samuel R. Scottron; she was an actress with an African American theater troupe and traveled extensively. Horne was mainly raised by her grandparents, Cora Calhoun and Edwin Horne. Her uncle, Frank S. Horne, was an adviser to Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[2] She is a reported descendant of the John C. Calhoun family

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Friends and Family

Tony Bennett [Friend]

Johnny Mercer [Friend]

Barbara Carroll [Friend]

Sandy Stewart [Friend]

Johnny Mathis [Friend]

Sylvia Syms [Friend]

Eileen Farrell [Friend]

Gloria Dehaven [Friend]

Shirley Cowell [Friend]

Tex McCarey [Friend]

Jinx Falkenburg [Friend]

Billy Strayhorn [Friend]

John Garfield [Friend]

Frank Sinatra [Friend]

Gene Kelly [Friend]

Lana Turner [Friend]

Ann Sothern [Friend]

Judy Garland [Friend]

Kathryn Grayson [Friend]

Kay Thompson [Friend]

Reginald Goodwin [Friend]

Ava Gardner [Friend]

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