Lena Horne: movies and TV shows
Lena Horne has 97 credits in the archive: 57 films and 40 TV series, from 1938 to 2024. Highest rated: Reading Rainbow (8.3/10).
Career timeline
1938 – 2024 · busiest year: 1956 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.0 | 107 |
| 2021 | How It Feels to Be Free | Self (archival footage) | Film | — | 104 |
| 2019 | Sid & Judy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 102 |
| 2019 | The Green Book: Guide to Freedom | Self - Singer (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 102 |
| 2018 | Storm in My Heart | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 101 |
| 2010 | Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days | Self (uncredited) (archive footage) | Film | — | 93 |
| 2006 | Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2005 | Judy Garland Duets | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 88 |
| 2005 | An Evening With Lena Horne | self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2005 | Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas | Film | — | 88 | |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2004 | The Harlem Renaissance | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 87 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.3 | 87 |
| 2004 | The Incomparable Lena Horne | Film | — | 87 | |
| 2002 | It's Black Entertainment | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.7 | 85 |
| 2001 | Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 84 |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self | Film | 8.0 | 82 |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self | TV | 4.1 | 79 |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III | Self - Co-Host / Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 77 |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1993 | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self | Film | 8.3 | 76 |
| 1990 | Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1990 | You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 73 |
| 1987 | A Different World | Self | TV | 7.1 | 70 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Learning About Letters | Self | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Lena Horne | TV | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1984 | DTV: Golden Oldies | Self | Film | — | 67 |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 66 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 61 |
| 1978 | The Wiz | Glinda the Good | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Self - Special Guest Star / Lola Bramswell | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 57 |
| 1973 | Keep US Beautiful | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1973 | Keep U.S. Beautiful | Self | Film | — | 56 |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son | TV | 7.5 | 55 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1970 | The Flip Wilson Show | Self | TV | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1969 | Death of a Gunfighter | Claire Quintana | Film | 6.2 | 52 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1965 | The Dean Martin Show | TV | 7.4 | 48 | |
| 1965 | Now! | Self (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1965 | Now! | Film | 6.3 | 48 | |
| 1964 | The Hollywood Palace | Self | TV | 5.0 | 47 |
| 1963 | The Judy Garland Show | Self | TV | 8.2 | 46 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1961 | Password | TV | 7.5 | 44 | |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1960 | Beyond the Riviera | Film | — | 43 | |
| 1960 | The Frank Sinatra Timex Show - To the Ladies | Self - Singer | Film | — | 43 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self - Host | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1959 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1958 | Kraft Music Hall | TV | 5.4 | 41 | |
| 1958 | The All-Star Christmas Show | Self | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1957 | The Twentieth Century | TV | 8.0 | 40 | |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Host | TV | — | 39 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Recipient / Performer | TV | — | 39 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 39 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Co-Hostess | TV | — | 39 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1956 | The Perry Como Show | TV | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 1956 | Meet Me in Las Vegas | Lena Horne | Film | 4.5 | 39 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | TV | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1955 | Music 55 | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1955 | Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium | TV | — | 38 | |
| 1955 | A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1950 | Your Show of Shows | TV | 7.3 | 33 | |
| 1950 | Duchess of Idaho | Lena Horne | Film | 4.9 | 33 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1948 | Words and Music | Lena Horne | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By | Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1946 | Swingtime Jamboree | Herself | Film | — | 29 |
| 1946 | Studio Visit | Herself | Film | 5.5 | 29 |
| 1946 | Mantan Messes Up | Lene | Film | 8.0 | 29 |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies | Lena Horne (segment "Love") | Film | 6.0 | 28 |
| 1945 | Harlem Hotshots | (archive footage) | Film | — | 28 |
| 1944 | Two Girls and a Sailor | Specialty | Film | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1944 | Broadway Rhythm | Fernway de la Fer | Film | 6.3 | 27 |
| 1944 | Boogie-Woogie Dream | Film | — | 27 | |
| 1943 | Swing Fever | Herself | Film | 6.0 | 26 |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer | Lena Horne | Film | 6.4 | 26 |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | Georgia Brown | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1943 | Stormy Weather | Selina Rogers | Film | 6.9 | 26 |
| 1943 | I Dood It | Herself | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1942 | Panama Hattie | As self, Singer in Phil's Place (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1938 | The Duke Is Tops | Ethel Andrews | Film | 6.3 | 21 |
| Honor Coles, Le Danseur De Claquettes Distingue | Self | Film | — | — |