Lena Horne Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
LENA HORNE
Born: June 30, 1917 in New York City, New York
Died: May 9, 2010 in New York City, New York
Died: May 9, 2010 in New York City, New York
Lena Horne (1917-2010), began performing at age six and left school at 16 to support her sick mother. She began singing at Harlem's Cotton Club in 1933, where Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington took her under their wings. She later performed with Noble Sissle's Orchestra and Teddy Wilson's big band. Horne won critical acclaim for her performance in Stormy Weather (1943) and for singing the movie's title song. Although she was the first black American woman to sign a long-term movie contract with a major studio (MGM), her films were shot so that her scenes could be cut out before being shown in the South. Horne placed a single, Love Me or Leave Me, in the Billboard Top 20 in 1955 and won two Grammy Awards (1981 for her album Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music and 1995 for her album An Evening with Lena Horne) and was nominated for a Tony in 1958 for her performance in Jamaica (1957-1959). Horne also won a special Tony in 1981 for her one-woman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music.
2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (Sound), 1994 That's Entertainment! III Behind the Screen (in person), 2010 Michael Feinstein's American Songbook (Other), 1990 That's Black Entertainment (Other), 1997 Chicago Cab (Sound), 1997 Lolita (Sound), 2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (Other), 2011 The 53rd Annual Grammy Awards (Other), 1999 Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Harold Arlen (Other), 1967 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (Sound), 2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (Other), 2007 A Life in Words and Music (Sound), 1965 Now (Sound), 1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (Sound), 1965 Now (in person), 2007 A Life in Words and Music (Other), 1990 American Masters (Other), 2011 Homeland (Sound), 2006 Take the Lead (Sound), 1986 Learning About Letters (in person), 2010 Democracy Now! (Other), 1978 The Wiz (Performer), 1969 Death of a Gunfighter (Performer), 1943 Cabin in the Sky (Performer), 2004 The Masters Behind the Musicals (in person), 2001 Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home (in person), 1997-1998 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (in person), 1994 An Evening with Lena Horne (in person), 1994 Sinatra Duets (in person), 1993 Aretha Franklin: Duets (in person), 1989 Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs (in person), 1988 Ebony/Jet Showcase (in person), 1987 The 8th Annual Black Achievement Awards (in person), 1985 Night of 100 Stars II (in person), 1983 The 37th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1982 The 36th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (in person), 1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1979 Song by Song (in person), 1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (in person), 1969 Monsanto Night Presents Lena Horne (in person), 1968-1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (in person), 1966 The Andy Williams Show (in person), 1966 The Eamonn Andrews Show (in person), 1965 Today (in person), 1964 Freedom Spectacular (in person), 1963 The Jack Paar Program (in person), 1963 Password All-Stars (in person), 1958 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (in person), 1957 The Heart of Show Business (in person), 1956 Meet Me in Las Vegas (in person), 1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (in person), 1948 Words and Music (in person), 1946 Studio Visit (in person), 1943 I Dood It (in person), 1943 Thousands Cheer (in person), 2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: (Sound), 2002 Six Feet Under (Sound), 2010 Breakfast (Other), 2006 War Stories with Oliver North (Other), 2004 TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (Other), 1993 One on One: Classic Television Interviews (Other), 1992 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (Other), 2000 The Family Man (Sound), 1980 Sesame Street (Sound), 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Sound), 1990 Wolf Trap Presents Victor Borge: An 80th Birthday Celebration (in person), 1982 People of the Year (in person), 2012 Strange Frame: Love & Sax (Other), 2010 Cinema 3 (Other), 1980 Sesame Street (Other), 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Other), 1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Sound), 1997 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (Other), 1984 DTV: Golden Oldies (Sound), 1984 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (in person), 2007 Brush with Life: The Art of Being Edward Biberman (Other), 2004 Andy Williams: My Favorite Duets (Other), 1984 DTV: Golden Oldies (Other), 1974 That's Entertainment! (Sound), 1974 That's Entertainment! (Other), 1946 Mantan Messes Up (Other), 1945 Harlem Hotshots (Other), 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor (Performer), 1943 Stormy Weather (Performer), 1985 The Cosby Show (in person), 1976 The Muppet Show (in person), 1973 Tony & Lena (in person), 1969-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (in person), 1969 The London Palladium Show (in person), 1964 Lena (in person), 1963 The Judy Garland Show (in person), 1962 At This Very Moment (in person), 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (in person), 1953-1958 What's My Line (in person), 1951-1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (in person), 1956 Val Parnell's Startime (in person), 1944 Boogie-Woogie Dream (in person), 1997 Déjà Vu (Sound), 1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (Sound), 1984 Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music (in person), 1998 Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (Other), 1993 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor (in person), 1988 CBS This Morning (in person), 1985-2003 Great Performances (Other), 1985 Muppet Video: Muppet Moments (Other), 1994 Entertaining the Troops (Sound), 2001 The Nightclub Years (Other), 1994 Entertaining the Troops (Other), 1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (Other), 1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Sound), 1994 All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (Other), 1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Other), 1955-1959 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (in person), 1935 Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party (Performer), 1996-1999 American Masters (in person), 1994 The 36th Annual Grammy Awards (in person), 1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (in person), 1993 A Different World (in person), 1991 Reading Rainbow (in person), 1987 Carnegie Hall: The Grand Reopening (in person), 1965-1982 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (in person), 1982 Night of 100 Stars (in person), 1978 Good Morning America (in person), 1970-1974 Flip (in person), 1973 Keep U.S. Beautiful (in person), 1964 The Twentieth Century (in person), 1962 The Milton Berle Spectacular (in person), 1955 A.N.T.A. Album of 1955 (in person), 1950 Duchess of Idaho (in person), 1943 Swing Fever (in person), 2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (Sound), 2010 The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (Other), 2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (Other), 1955-1956 MGM Parade (Other), 2003-2006 60 Minutes (Other), 1995 The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (Other), 2011 American Horror Story (Sound), 2003 Miss Match (Sound), 1955 MGM Parade (Sound), 2002 It's Black Entertainment (Other), 1991 60 Minutes: The Entertainers (Other), 2004 Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (Sound), 1987 Beyond Therapy (Sound), 1976 America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music (in person), 1998 Classified X (Other), 2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (Sound), 1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (in person), 2002 Sinatra: The Classic Duets (Other), 1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (Performer), 1944 Broadway Rhythm (Performer), 1938 The Duke Is Tops (Performer), 1994 That's Entertainment! III (in person), 1993 1993 Essence Awards (in person), 1973-1989 Sesame Street (in person), 1984 Great Performances (in person), 1983 The 25th Annual Grammy Awards (in person), 1973 The Bruce Forsyth Show (in person), 1973 Sanford and Son (in person), 1971 Film Night (in person), 1970 Harry and Lena (in person), 1969 Music Hall (in person), 1967-1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (in person), 1967 The Hollywood Palace (in person), 1967 The Merv Griffin Show (in person), 1958-1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (in person), 1966 The Mike Douglas Show (in person), 1965 The Bell Telephone Hour (in person), 1964 The Royal Variety Performance 1964 (in person), 1957 The Frank Sinatra Show (in person), 1955 Music 55 (in person), 1951-1953 Your Show of Shows (in person), 1945 Ziegfeld Follies (in person), 1942 Panama Hattie (in person)
Theater Credits
Tony & Lena Sing - Performer (October 30, 1974 - November 24, 1974), Jamaica - Performer (October 31, 1957 - April 11, 1959), Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939 - Performer (February 11, 1939 - February 18, 1939), Dance With Your Gods - Performer (October 6, 1934 - October 1934), Lena Horne: "The Lady and Her Music" - Performer (May 12, 1981 - June 30, 1982)
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Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne signed this AFTRA contract in 1969 to appear on an episode of Kraft Music Hall. Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $510.00
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LENA HORNE Handwritten note of the actress and singer Autograph Note signed: "To Warren/Sincerely/Lena Horne", 5x3 card. Sultry American jazz singer and actress Lena Horne (1917-2010) began performing at age six and left school at 16 to support her sick mother. read more...Sale Price $144.00
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LENA HORNE and JOSEPH P. WRIGHT Album leaf signed by Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in 1966. Also signed by Zenith Radio Chairman and President Joseph Wright. From the collection of radio interviewer George Sanders. read more...Sale Price $252.00
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LENA HORNE Small card signed "yours" by Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne. She was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. Autograph sentiment signed: "yours/Lena Horne". 3¼x2 card. read more...Sale Price $144.00
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LENA HORNE The singer and actress signs her name in black ink. Autograph sentiment signed: "Most sincerely/Lena Horne", in black ink, 7x4½. Hollywood's Lovely Singing Star Lena Horne. read more...Sale Price $144.00
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LENA HORNE and MELVILLE COOPER Album leaf signed by Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne and by character actor Melville Cooper. With b/w printed photographs of both affixed. Autograph sentiment signed "Always/Lena Horne". 5¼x4¼ album leaf with rounded left corners. read more...Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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LENA HORNE and PEGGY MORAN Album leaf signed by Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne and by actress Peggy Moran. With a small b/w photograph of Horne affixed. Autograph sentiment signed: "Sincerely/Lena Horne" in blue ink. 5¾x4 album leaf. Photo (b/w, 1¼x2) affixed in upper left. read more...Sale Price $198.00
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Small 3½x4¾ artful b/w photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in an off-the-shoulder gown, signed "Sincerely" in silver ink. Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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Small 3½x5¼b/w British Picturegoer bust photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in a low-cut white dress, signed "Sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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Small 3½x4¾ signed b/w photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne leaning back and looking up. Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $270.00
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Small b/w photograph 4x5¾ b/w photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne sitting in an off-the-shoulder gown, signed "Sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $360.00
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B/w photograph by Martha Swope of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne on stage in a white dress and holding a microphone, signed "Be Happy" in blue ink. This is a publicity photo for Horne's one-woman show Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, which earned her a special Tony Award in 1981. read more...Sale Price $252.00
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LENA HORNE Photograph of a smiling Horne dressed in white lace, signed to a collector "With the best of good wishes" Inscribed photograph signed: "To Harry Wilkinson/With the best of good/wishes to you/Lena Horne", in black ink, Sepia toned 7½x9¾. read more...Sale Price $396.00
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LENA HORNE The American jazz singer is shown in full view with a bright smile in this black and white photograph. Inscribed Photograph signed: "To Claude/Sincerely/Lena Horne" in black felt tip, B/w 8x10. read more...Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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LENA HORNE Inscribed and signed photo, shown with short hair Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/Leah -/Sincerely/Lena Horne". B/w, 8x10. Lena Horne began performing at age six, and by 16 was singing and dancing at Harlem's Cotton Club, where Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington took her under their wings. read more...Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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LENA HORNE The actress signs a publicity photograph for the 1943 film Cabin in the Sky. Photograph signed: "Lena/Horne", Color, 10x8. Publicity photograph for the 1943 film Cabin in the Sky read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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LENA HORNE Distinctive 4x5 image of the singer and actress Photograph signed: "Most sincerely - Lena Horne". B/w, 4x5. Sultry American jazz singer and actress Lena Horne (1917-2010) began performing at age six and left school at 16 to support her sick mother. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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B/w photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in a headdress and beaded costume, signed "Sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $342.00
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Small 6¾x4¾ b/w bust photograph of a laughing and short-haired Lena Horne in a black top, signed "Hi!". The Grammy and Tony-winning Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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LENA HORNE The Grammy Award winner is shown with a bright smile wearing a pink top Photograph signed: "Hello!/Lena Horne", Color 8x10. Sultry American jazz singer and actress Lena Horne (1917-2010) began performing at age six and left school at 16 to support her sick mother. read more...Sale Price $342.00
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LENA HORNE The talented and legendary actress poses in white turtleneck and coat, signs name in black ink Photograph signed: "Hello, Lena Horne" in black ink. B/w, 8x10. Sultry American jazz singer and read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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LENA HORNE The jazz singer and actress signs her name on a photograph, shown wearing a ruffled dress and holding a parasol Photograph signed: "Love/Horne", in black ink, Color 8x10. Sultry American jazz read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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B/w photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in a white off-the-shoulder dress with a hat and hoop skirt, signed "Sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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Vintage b/w publicity photo, for 1948's Words and Music, of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in a white dress with flowers, signed "Sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne "Sincerely" signed this b/w photograph of her in a frilly black blouse. Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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Small b/w 4¼x6 full-length photograph of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne in an evening gown and with her hands raised, signed "Most sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $306.00
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LENA HORNE Lena Horne signs an 11x14 color publicity photograph of her in an orange jacket. Oversize Photograph signed: "Sincerely/Lena Horne". Color, 11x14. Lena Horne began performing at age six, and by 16 was singing and dancing at Harlem's Cotton Club, where Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington took her under their wings. read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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Artful b/w headshot of Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne with her hands to her cheek, signed "Most Sincerely". Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $288.00
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Color photograph of a lobby card for 1943's Cabin in the Sky, signed "Sincerely" by Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne. Her "nude scene" in this movie (actually a scene of her in a bubble bath) wasn't seen until 1994. read more...Sale Price $270.00
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Tony and Grammy-winning singer Lena Horne signed this document from Yorkshire Productions in 1969 to cancel her appearance on Kraft Music Hall. Horne was the first black American woman to sign a long-term contract with a major movie studio. read more...Sale Price $360.00
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