I love…..Lena Horne! The Lady and her music was outstanding artistry. I saw the show five times. An amazing and very elegant song stylist! She definitely can sell a song. Love you too much Ms. Horne💙🙏🏾
Fascinating interview. Because my friend was company manager for "Lady and Her Music" had the honor of speaking with Miss Horne in her dressing room on a couple occasions. Absolutely mesmerizing
I met Lena in New Haven,CT in 1968. She is the most beautiful woman I've ever met and one of the kindest who went out of her way to be kind to me. What a chat we had!
to me, she had it all...she was a TRUE "grand dame" and mega-star.....smart...hilarious...talented-out-the-backdoor...could sing her face off...witty....TOUGH...took no bullshit...shot straight from the hip...never compromised herself, by NEVER selling out herself, or her people...and she ADORED her friends and family. I have NEVER heard anyone in the entertainment industry say one negative thing about her. And trust me, there are MANY icons in their industry who we could talk about negatively, FOR DAYS.
sierria64 Yeah, you've said something real yourself. But let me point out someone else who kept it real but extended his repertory beyond being cast in "black" roles. Frank Silvera, like Anthony Quinn, Mexican, and Charles Bronson, Lithuanian, was a multicultural, meaning he could play "outside his neighborhood," without losing his soul and identity. Certainly, Quinn wasn't Greek and Bronson wasn't Native American. So Silvera, very active in promoting theatre projects in the community, once played a romantic role opposite Faith Domergue. I just feel -- and I'd like your feedback -- that Horne could've widened her options and avoid that celluloid ghetto then prevalent for African American artists. I personally would have supported her non "sister" roles since she would've opened the doors for the likes of Hilda Simms, Isabelle Cooley, and a host of other "non sister looking" actresses. I've never seen a need for the crab syndrome so many among us believe. I've said this before, and I will say it again. Lena Horne as another dance partner for Fred Astaire would've proved quite an entertainment attraction and success.
This beautiful woman is my father's grandmother so she is and was my great great grandmother!!! I think I added enough greats to great grandmother...wow!!! Always been a fan of the famous people in my family. I was listening to a taste of honey, a great female Asian soul band of the seventies and Lena popped up...my grandmom. Wonderful surprise!!!
I bought a book from Half Price Books called "The Hornes, An American Family," by her daughter Gail (Horne) Lumet Buckley. It traces her family back to the late 1700's.
Two very classy and talented entertainers - Lena Horne and Johnny Carson. May they both rest in peace! Snooky Young was the amazing trumpet player in the Tonight Show's band that Lena was referring to.
@umxoxo17 I bought a book from Half Price Books called "The Hornes, An American Family," by her daughter Gail (Horne) Lumet Buckley. It traces her family back to the late 1700's.
@MusicandDancing4Ever as i said she is not from my generation, the first time i heard of lena was the day she passed so you can understand why i dnt know much about her........ take care xxx
People who looked like Lena in those days ONLY claimed being BLACK, which made our community stronger. Black people of every hue, pulled all of our talents together, fighting for the equality. It's the only reason we got anywhere. Most of the people who founded the NAACP were wt passing looking people who used their light skin position, to pull all of our people forward. Walter White actually wen down South living as an undercover Klansmen to get the Klan arrested. The way people run to say they're "mixed" now, leaing the black community mentally, it weakens us greatly in the struggle for equality. Lena was a warrior for our people like Thurgood Marshall, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of Harlem, Walter White,the head of the NAACP, etc.. Google their images. They all looked wt but we're proud to say they were BLACK.
philsfilm Many of these black entertainers did not necessarily only seek out to marry white due to some type of obligation when you use the word tradition. Although there are some real unresolved issues within the black community, especially with athletes, that made it more amenable, yet those types of entertainers have a universal appeal which led them to wider affiliations. Importantly, some of these great black figures many times have not been exactly embraced in the black community in an all-inclusive way, which has yielded opportunity in other cultures. For example, Eartha Kitt was not really accepted in her own community & America blacklisted her so she opened herself to Europe for she had that affective appeal in look & style.
@PureSoapCleans You DO realize which era she came up in; don't you? That was everyones focus in her time. This was her experience and the way she HAD to experience a good deal of her career for quite awhile. There is no way for her to tell her story without these facts included.
@leplaq can I please get people to just enjoy her for being her, instead of going to the negative and no damn body commenting negatively knows her personally. They dont know SHT! ugh lol. Get a life...eh? Thanks for standing up to these dingalings!
He also said he beat her. She said in Ebony in 1980 that was bullsh**t. She said they were only friends and the people who wrote his book were using him. I believe her!
It's been a tradition from the '50s on that most successful black entertainers and athletes either dated or married caucasians: Sammy Davis, Jr., Eartha Kitt, Diahann Carroll, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones, Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson.
She could portray Mrs. Horne, but I think Jessie Ware a singer from the UK looks so much like her it's crazy! She could play her perfectly, just need to work on her US accent lol Look her up, and tell me what you think! Her name is Jessie Ware.
@MusicandDancing4Ever i love the way people feel that they can be rude just because theyre on youtube lol i was only asking a question she is not from my generation xx
I'm in the middle of it, and it's pretty dishy so far. This book has her bedding Orson Welles, Duke Ellington, and others. So she wasn't a prude offstage, but she wasn't all that happy either. She gets more bitter with each new chapter.
There was a custody battle - her ex threatened her and some say blackmailed her for him. She was ambitious and wanted to move on with her career. She thought she left him in good hands. Read the James Gavin bio.
She is such a wonderful storyteller. Love hearing her speak.
I love…..Lena Horne! The Lady and her music was outstanding artistry. I saw the show five times. An amazing and very elegant song stylist! She definitely can sell a song.
Love you too much Ms. Horne💙🙏🏾
talk shows arent the same anymore. these are the kind of stories i like to hear about!
She is TRULY FLAWLESS!
One of my favorite people in world..
Lena was soo talented and soo beautiful
Fascinating interview. Because my friend was company manager for "Lady and Her Music" had the honor of speaking with Miss Horne in her dressing room on a couple occasions. Absolutely mesmerizing
I met Lena in New Haven,CT in 1968. She is the most beautiful woman I've ever met and one of the kindest who went out of her way to be kind to me. What a chat we had!
SHE WAS VERY KIND.. I WAS LUCKY TO MEET HER MORE THAN A FEW TIMES.. SHE WAS A CLASS ACT!
WOW! Lucky! It would be cool if you could write about that chat on FaceBook! 💗💗💗
No you didn’t
cool, I have always loved the name Judith
Congratulations on your brush with Greatness !!!..
RIP Lena! Great woman who could really captivate audiences. Love the shout out to Billy!
I'd have given anything to have been able to hang out with Lena & Ava! Wow!
This Heifer was a class act. This woman just draped that cape on that chair you better work! These girls could learn from this Icon.
Keeping it real.
Lena Horne is very special lady before my time and I admire her so much, God rest Lena soul...
oh, the way she talks! you cant buy it
i love this
The more I see Lena,the more I hear her...the more I grow fonder of her!
What a CLASS ACT!,CLASS, TALENT, AGELESS BEAUTY...May she be with God
Goodbye Lena Horne- rest in peace. Your voice was the greatest.
Saw her live show in the early 80's. A fantastic memory.
Delightful lady, what a treasure she was.
to me, she had it all...she was a TRUE "grand dame" and mega-star.....smart...hilarious...talented-out-the-backdoor...could sing her face off...witty....TOUGH...took no bullshit...shot straight from the hip...never compromised herself, by NEVER selling out herself, or her people...and she ADORED her friends and family. I have NEVER heard anyone in the entertainment industry say one negative thing about her. And trust me, there are MANY icons in their industry who we could talk about negatively, FOR DAYS.
I love Lena Horne....lol she's so beautiful God Rest Her Soul
lol lena was hood till the end ...love her kept it real
sierria64 Yeah, you've said something real yourself. But let me point out someone else who kept it real but extended his repertory beyond being cast in "black" roles. Frank Silvera, like Anthony Quinn, Mexican, and Charles Bronson, Lithuanian, was a multicultural, meaning he could play "outside his neighborhood," without losing his soul and identity. Certainly, Quinn wasn't Greek and Bronson wasn't Native American. So Silvera, very active in promoting theatre projects in the community, once played a romantic role opposite Faith Domergue. I just feel -- and I'd like your feedback -- that Horne could've widened her options and avoid that celluloid ghetto then prevalent for African American artists. I personally would have supported her non "sister" roles since she would've opened the doors for the likes of Hilda Simms, Isabelle Cooley, and a host of other "non sister looking" actresses. I've never seen a need for the crab syndrome so many among us believe. I've said this before, and I will say it again. Lena Horne as another dance partner for Fred Astaire would've proved quite an entertainment attraction and success.
She shall live forever...Thank god for UA-cam
I think Alicia would be an excellent choice to portray this lady. Both are very classy and elegant ladies with beautiful voices.
Love Lena!! Proud to share a birthday with this lady and I also love the story about her father going to MGM her. Beautiful person, inside and out.
DAYMM, she was 65 here!!.
27 years ago!! Woo hoo,go Lena!!
This beautiful woman is my father's grandmother so she is and was my great great grandmother!!! I think I added enough greats to great grandmother...wow!!! Always been a fan of the famous people in my family. I was listening to a taste of honey, a great female Asian soul band of the seventies and Lena popped up...my grandmom. Wonderful surprise!!!
I'm sure ;)
No she wasn’t
How is she your great grandmother? She had no brothers and sisters.
True Class and Elegance!
I saw her show in Dallas in 1983: She was the most beautiful, glamorous, elegant women ever. I LOVE her.
I bought a book from Half Price Books called "The Hornes, An American Family," by her daughter Gail (Horne) Lumet Buckley. It traces her family back to the late 1700's.
Lena Horne and Whitney Houston were the only 2 female entertainers I know that had the PERFECT balance of Hood and Elegance.
Lamont you can say what you want but don't talk about the Horne..-Fred Sanford LOL
Great Interview!
Love Lena ,she said before we got straight .
Sensational
Looking really fine at 65, she was! What a class act, in all respects.
Yes, she did! There's a little in the new bio but now much. Maybe we'll get the complete picture a decade from now.
She is a great actrist and gorgeous RIP
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111
From a mad keen 75yo Aussie fan.
Thank you sooooo much for finding this and posting it!!! Lenahorneclub, you are the greatest!!
WOW. I love you Lena.
Beautiful lady R.I.P Doll❤❤❤
wow what a good 65!
Hunty that cape ain’t playing! Mrs Horne was a class act!👏👏👏
Two very classy and talented entertainers - Lena Horne and Johnny Carson. May they both rest in peace! Snooky Young was the amazing trumpet player in the Tonight Show's band that Lena was referring to.
Legend. Icon. Trailblazer.
@umxoxo17 I bought a book from Half Price Books called "The Hornes, An American Family," by her daughter Gail (Horne) Lumet Buckley. It traces her family back to the late 1700's.
Just a class act! What a lady!
What happened to such classy people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank U!
Bonita!!!
RIP Lena!
Lena always dissed her early singing: listen to "You're My Thrill" with Charlie Barnet and it's hauntingly good.
RIP Lena
Now I know where Olympia Dukakis got her character's voice for Steele Magnolias.
Lena's dad loved his daughter .
Glamorous......
@MusicandDancing4Ever as i said she is not from my generation, the first time i heard of lena was the day she passed so you can understand why i dnt know much about her........ take care xxx
I love her !
uhhhhh divine!
SHE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT RACIST BS.. WITH CLASS LENA U GO
Hugh fan. I hated that I didn't may efforts to met her before her passing. What an incredible artist.
Hollywood didn't know what to do with her.....
65 and Fabulous, I Love her!!! Is Alicia Keys really gonna portray her? The resemblance is uncanny!!!
Nah Lena was actually beautiful.
A Class Act !💜
Mixed people back in the day we’re proud to be black and couldn’t hide it with their diction. I love it! What a beauty!
People who looked like Lena in those days ONLY claimed being BLACK, which made our community stronger. Black people of every hue, pulled all of our talents together, fighting for the equality. It's the only reason we got anywhere. Most of the people who founded the NAACP were wt passing looking people who used their light skin position, to pull all of our people forward. Walter White actually wen down South living as an undercover Klansmen to get the Klan arrested. The way people run to say they're "mixed" now, leaing the black community mentally, it weakens us greatly in the struggle for equality. Lena was a warrior for our people like Thurgood Marshall, Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of Harlem, Walter White,the head of the NAACP, etc.. Google their images. They all looked wt but we're proud to say they were BLACK.
Except they’re not. They are just as much white as they are black. It only degrades your own intelligence when you deny what makes you up
She wasn’t mixed.
@silents08 she said it many times what her race was through her stories and intervews and its common knowledge.
Two Uber-Hotties. Lena Horne and Ava Gardner. DAMN!
She's dated black & white men ...her 1st husband was black with whom she had 2 chldren.
philsfilm Many of these black entertainers did not necessarily only seek out to marry white due to some type of obligation when you use the word tradition. Although there are some real unresolved issues within the black community, especially with athletes, that made it more amenable, yet those types of entertainers have a universal appeal which led them to wider affiliations. Importantly, some of these great black figures many times have not been exactly embraced in the black community in an all-inclusive way, which has yielded opportunity in other cultures. For example, Eartha Kitt was not really accepted in her own community & America blacklisted her so she opened herself to Europe for she had that affective appeal in look & style.
be at peace girl!
@PureSoapCleans You DO realize which era she came up in; don't you? That was everyones focus in her time. This was her experience and the way she HAD to experience a good deal of her career for quite awhile. There is no way for her to tell her story without these facts included.
@silents08 where you been living under a rock, of course she is.
I know many 65 year old women. There are some pretty significant differences!
She looked better with her great aging. God bless.
Sassy, Sensational, Brassy. Classy and Beautiful
@leplaq can I please get people to just enjoy her for being her, instead of going to the negative and no damn body commenting negatively knows her personally. They dont know SHT! ugh lol. Get a life...eh? Thanks for standing up to these dingalings!
Is she still alive? She must be 92.
Lens Horne Is the best ! I will always miss her!
Lena
Don't forget the women.
He also said he beat her. She said in Ebony in 1980 that was bullsh**t. She said they were only friends and the people who wrote his book were using him. I believe her!
@lenahorneclub how is it nuts i am not the one who said it i was responding to some1 elses comment so call them nuts God bless u
@MisterCrazyLegs is she black???
omg she was not a lesbian and did not give up any child wowww
@vawnalex exactly like why do people even bring up all this stuff they dont even know anything about and has nothing to do with the interview
He was in his 50s/60s when that book was written for him, so who knows his mental state! Sorry, don't believe a word of it.
It's been a tradition from the '50s on that most successful black entertainers and athletes either dated or married caucasians: Sammy Davis, Jr., Eartha Kitt, Diahann Carroll, Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones, Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain, O.J. Simpson.
Interesting
@leplaq You comment "omg she was not a lesbian and did not give up any child" is a little nuts.
I think the Oprah biopic w/Alicia is a no go. No news or updates since 2007.
Can't find it in stores, try Amazon. Send me a private msg.
There is no proof of any of this!
Well you're hearing it from the horses mouth, so to speak 🙄
She could portray Mrs. Horne, but I think Jessie Ware a singer from the UK looks so much like her it's crazy! She could play her perfectly, just need to work on her US accent lol Look her up, and tell me what you think! Her name is Jessie Ware.
Nice try. There was no admission of dating. -- all she said was he was a "nice man.'
@MusicandDancing4Ever i love the way people feel that they can be rude just because theyre on youtube lol i was only asking a question she is not from my generation xx
@lenahorneclub do you know why lena gave up her only son?
I'm in the middle of it, and it's pretty dishy so far. This book has her bedding Orson Welles, Duke Ellington, and others. So she wasn't a prude offstage, but she wasn't all that happy either. She gets more bitter with each new chapter.
It's a very tough book on her - she's the bitch of the century in it.
There was a custody battle - her ex threatened her and some say blackmailed her for him. She was ambitious and wanted to move on with her career. She thought she left him in good hands. Read the James Gavin bio.
They were photographed together they never "dated." Louis used her in his autobio and Lena claimed (in 1980) that he had mental health issues.
02:44 LOL That man was silly.......
@leplaq EXCUSE ME?
Yes, she is still alive!
@lenahorneclub excuse me what?