Lena Horne
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American singer, actress, dancer and activist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood.