Lena Horne- JELOUS mother & her interracial marriage to further her career! + Her Hollywood REGRETS!
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- Lena Horne’s jealous mother! Her interracial marriage to further her career & her hate for Hollywood
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American dancer, actress, singer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned over seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. She is an icon who's legacy will live on for generations to come.
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“You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.” -Lena Horne ..Watch this next “Ava Gardner - Dangerous men & Hollywood BuIIies! + Hate for Christians?”
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I wonder if she ever communicated with Dorothy Dandridge? Ms. Horne was able to live to be 90..
Heads up there is a typo in the title Jelous - Jealous
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What I admire about Lena despite her ability to "pass" she stood by her decision to publicly identify as a black woman and was proud of her black Identity she said movie producers originally wanted to pass her off as Latina and she said no and insisted on representing the black community because that's how she saw herself
Yes she was unapologetically herself and did the best she could for that time to represent and advocate.
@@KarineAlourde exactly!!!!!! She was very woke and she always represented black women very well I just admire she never tried to hide her black Identity even though she could have and she would have gotten more roles but she was always very pro black and wanted to help pave the way for black people in showbusiness
She didn’t look like a white women 🤨
@@jciv9149 She looked like a Metizo Hispanic woman.
My mother felt the same way. She said that Lena said that she never thought of passing and that she was proud of her black heritage.
I was fortunate enough to see MS Horn “The Lady and Her Music” at Caesars Lake Tahoe in 1983, she sung every song she knew for two solid hours, I met her after the show , when she stuck her hand to shake mine she said “I don’t believe we’ve met” As I shook her hand I said “It’s so great to meet you but I am nobody” and she said, still holding my hand, she said “Child everybody in this world is somebody and don’t you ever forget it”. And you know what I haven’t
I love that!!
Ugh! WHAT A DOLL!!! I’m so inspired!
So classy and lovely !
Wow that ran chills down my Spine. That was her favorite word-"Child" and then whatever else she would say..Im glad you met her. She was beautiful....
Thank you for sharing what a beautiful experience
Lena Horne is a timeless beauty. She broke through boundaries and barriers as an actress and singer.
YES...SHE WAS A PHENOMENAL WOMAN.
Facts
My dad was a young Marine draft about to be shipped out when he and his pals saw Ms Lena perform in NY. She sang Stormy Weather and he fell in love! To the day he died he watched her every performance that he could, but always on TV. Great video!
Lena Horne was drop dead gorgeous, classy and extremely talented her singing could melt butter and civil rights background was phenomenal.
Her parents was mixed race with white ancestry
@@deborahthomes3383 Why mention that "bs" about her parents were mixed race white ancestry as if that is something to be proud of ha ha.. There are also many white southerners who has mixed race BLACK ANCESTRY according to recent reports that range between 1% 0 27 % with the dichotomy racial dividing line starting at 28%, however, those whites don't go around acknowledging that part of their Black ancestry, and in fact they strongly DENY it.. I think that it is quite disrespectful to all LIGHT SKIN Black people whose both parents are simply light skin and give birth to beautiful ight skin Blacks who WHITE FOLKS WANT TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THEIR BEAUTY, and ignorant Black people encourages that nonsense. In Louisiana many light skin men and women were encouraged to marry among themselves for may generations, and they don't have any knowledge about any white ancestry in their families. Many light skin Blacks like Lena Horne and even myself are usually more mixed looking than the so-call "Biracial" children who have one white race and a dark skin Black race person as their parents. Many Biracial people are brown skin with softer hair, while "UNMIXED" light skin Blacks look sort of Arabic and can have woolly hair with completely different facial features that looks 1000% times better than white folks who always want to claim them, same as they want to claim ancient Egyptians like Queen Nefertiti, and even claim that Ethiopians and Somalians are Caucasians. The Black race has many different phenotypes, and we all don't have to look like Chaka Zulu, Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe for us to be Black.. Skin color is not the only phenotype that defines us as a Black race. 😊😊
Gorgeous due to her European phenotype? She afterall a multigeneration Mulata!
Not a gorgeous at all to me. She’s cute. I hate how this particular look on a woman is automatically considered gorgeous or beautiful anything else is not. And if you disagree you’re jealous. She is not gorgeous to me. But I’m interested in knowing what she’s stand for. ♥️
@@deborahthomes3383 I’m well aware of that.
She was so beautiful and talented! If they do a movie about her Alicia Keys should play her. I swear they have the same smile. On another note despite her narcissistic mother she still was able to overcome. I will never forget when she was on a Different World and played Glenda the good witch in The Wiz! A true icon that NEVER forgot who she was.
Facts..I always thought that too,that Alicia Keys favor and should play Lena Horne..
If Alicia has the acting chops, I agree. She definitely looks like the great Lena Horne. Ms. Horne made me cry as Glenda! BEAUTIFUL performance! ❤️
I'd like them to keep looking.
NOPE!…Alicia Keys should DEFINITELY NOT play Lena Horne!
Facts 🙏🏼
My grandmother, a stunning Cuban woman in her own right of the 1940s said of Lena Horne. .who she saw live in Cuba..she had a voice of an angel and gave a hell of a cho(show)! She had a great admiration for Celia Cruz, Lena Horne ..and Rita Moreno.. Thank you for introducing pioneers like these to your generation. My generation can talk of Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson...my mom, Luther Vandross and Diana Ross..but who talks of these greats who dealt with racism and misogyny on a nightmarish level now that that generation is being lost?
She was hugely popular in the UK. I remember watching her on TV when I was growing up. Pure grace, talent and elegance. She was amazing.
These women of that era were absolutely gorgeous. They are what I think of when I hear "Hollywood Beauty". I love that Lena and Ava didn't let that studio break up their friendship. They stood their ground and didn't back down. My fav part was when she made her statement to the press. " I'm sorry he had to learn so violently that people don't like to be insulted"! That is great!!! I don't like how she had to speak up for herself alone, did her husband just sit there why that pos man spoke to and about his wife like that?
Haha, I loved what she said after giving that ray-sist man what for too! 💪🏾
As person labelled as blk, she’ll be undergoing all kinds of macro and micro prejudices. Her husband didn’t jump to her defence, because he is yt and at the end of the day, that’s where his true loyalty stands. Most blk interracial relationships aren’t based on genuine love (not even same race relationships!) and these are the times this truth raises its ugly head.
@@HeartBreakHigh oh. Is this also why bm don't protect bw? Her husband was Black at a point so what was his excuse? Why didn't it work out? Why couldn't he protect her from racism? A pos is a pos. Nothing to do with what you said. If a man is a man he will protect to the ends of the earth like he's supposed to
@@diwi5823 Well, that is ironic. I thought she was with a yt man at that point, she didn’t really have a blk husband, as in blk looking husband at any point did she? I’d have to rewatch the video to find that out. This is interesting because when I heard this situation, I thought in hat moment she was 100% a blk woman because she had to defend herself and nobody came to her aid, as far as we know. I thought the husband was yt and sticking to his side, but if he was blk then it’s just classic situation of a blk man not defending his blk woman, who isn’t really blk anyway 🤯. The complexity if everything! I think you’ll find that most people agree if a man is a man he will protect a woman and his children to the end of the earth. I agree, so I don’t know why you’d think I wouldn’t. People need to really stop responding emotionally! Or at least not lead with emotions!
And look at the preponderance of insecure Hair Hatted females we have in 2022. 🙄
They were I WANt their wardrobes!!
Lena Horne took time of her life to be a speaker at Howard University Commencement. Students were absolutely struck.
when was that? 70s? maybe the 80s?
I grew up during the 1970's, so my first introduction to Lena Horne was Sesame Street. . I was riveted each and every time she appeared. She was truly a beautiful human being, and will always hold a place in my heart!
I remember reading her book years ago because I'm so fascinated by her, Dorothy Dandridge and Josephine Baker. I think read books on all of these women who had to struggle throughout their careers. You could tell by the clips that her skin was darkened for movie roles. The things she had to go through would destroy a weaker person.
I’ve read that her skin would be made lighter or her pet would be cut out entirely for southern audiences. It was pretty crazy to see the original clips of Story Wheather vs what was shown for audiences in different southern states.
@@tiahnarodriguez3809 I just love how they say for "southern audiences" when they really mean for all white racists audiences in the country.
I love that she didn't let society tell her who she was and decided for herself who to be friends with and who to love
Exacto! Many ppl talk about her being fair and not really representing black women… but back in those days like my grandparents and great grandparents many of them looked like Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Eartha Kitt and Josephine Baker.
Smooth skin and “ back in the day” hair.
But politically savvy and strong resolute about the times❤️
Oh yes they married “other men” ….. but they never let their choice silence their “Voice”.
Peace ❤️
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@@tantig5923 i am not the type of person that claims racism... I never treated people different. I admire their unique look or anything that catches my attention.
Being of different backgrounds myself i understand what you mean. I think it's beautiful in and of itself and we should embrace what we have been given.
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Me too Senorita Bonita and great comment. Thank you for sharing, sweetie. Love you much too! ❤️
"A little mixed"? Come on now.. Let's not do the Sydel routine. All of her was beautiful. We can be a few things at once. She was Native American as well as the other thing. Her ancestry was part of her story. Great job.. Just saying, the whole of her is integral.
Nobody can sing Stormy Weather like Lena. I read her autobiography. Her confidence always stood out. Beautiful black woman. Thank God for giving us Lena Horne.
That was also my very favorite song that Lena sang !! I had never been sure she had done that one, what a talented beauty she was !! 😀😀😃😃 Maybe Joan Crawford was right when she said hard times are good for people; it certainly just made Horne and Crawford stronger and more talented !!
Beautiful black women??????
@@pnklfeflx7332 yes beautiful black *WOMAN. It's obvious you cant type, but can you read?
@Muñeca Morena 🦋 looks like you can’t tell the difference bitch
She is not black !!!
Her performance as Glenda in The Wiz still brings me to tears! She was a class act!
This was a great piece. I adore Lena Horne. Was blessed to see her perform live in Washington, DC in the 1980s. So impressive that it is among my top three performances: her, Anita Baker and Alicia Keyes. Not a lot of interviews with her but those she did do let you know that she was a tough chick.
Lena’s family reminds me of the mixed race Creoles of Louisiana. Stormy Weather is a great throwback movie to watch! I always admired her poise and grace
She's from New York but her parents are definitely black just very light skinned I assume they're probably of mixed heritage themselves but Lena wasn't biracial as both her parents were black identifying
She was a gorgeous African American woman.
@@Model_Roe she wasn’t bi-racial because non of her parents were blk. She is from a long line of highly mixed with yt people. The blk in her lineage is so far back, it is practically a myth now.
@@HeartBreakHigh ? Disagree you can tell she has black in her I have seen plenty of black people with light skinned fine features just like her it's not uncommon but you're correct in that she wasn't biracial because you can Google her parents and they were both black just very light skinned probably mixed with other races but Lena said her parents were black identifying
@@Model_Roe Yeah, I know she has blk in her. I’m not saying she has no blk in her. I’m saying she is not blk and that the blk genetics in her bloodline is way back and the majority of her genetics in her and her bloodline is yt. The photo of her mum is wrong according to a few commenters, I’ll have to look up her parents, but I don’t understand she said they were identifying as blk. What is that? Under the one drop rule, they couldn’t identify as anything else, so 🤷🏽♀I keep it factual and not emotional. Two genetic blk parents means you are blk. Anything else is not.
I would not say that the Calhoun’s “slept with” their slaves. I would say those slaves were raped. Excellent documentary, though, Karine…as usual 💕
This is what I came to say too!
The evil intuition of enslavement, as practiced in the USA & its states, reduced sentient human beings to chattel property.
No enslaved person could consent to what was done to them.
The sexual assaults also enriched the slavers because the offspring were born enslaved and owned by the perpetrators of sexual assault.
@@beautyaddict08 when Black - light skin people say they are part Indian\Native American-- No, part white from being r_ _ed by slave masters! DNA tests show 40% European for many!🌴🙏California.
Exactly...100
Maybe she said that to avoid the r word and possible demonization of the video.
I am so glad Lena's appearance was mentioned on Sesame Street, as a kid, I remember that performance so well and how beautiful she was. She certainly had a difficult, high pressure life; I don't know how she did as well as she did. She had to be incredibly strong, there was so much ugly racism in those days and unnecessary cruelty.
.. And she had it coming at her from the other direction as well with colorism from the other side.. Not being "black enough".. Or "trying to pass" which she was accused of incessantly.
@@bcastrob9226 You are so right !! She experienced extreme prejudice from both sides of the aisle, I don't think I implied that enough, lot's of blacks accused her of trying to "pass" which she was never trying to do !! It's sad that such a beautiful, intelligent woman had to be put through so much hell. She had to deal with racism on one side and hateful jealousy on the other !! She was a very brave lady !! Being accused of trying to pass was probably the most ludicrous accusation, if she had tried to pass, it would've most likely detracted from her extreme beauty !!
I have heard a recording of Lena singing "The Lady is a Tramp" that's one of the greatest jazz vocal recordings I have ever heard from anyone. Outstanding.
Edit: It's on a compilation disk of women singing jazz.
She reminds me of my grandma and as a kid I did a black history month story on her for two years straight. Classic, gorgeous, role model for black women
Wow, I always felt she reminded me of my grandma too
@@erykacane29 they don’t make women as classy anymore like the women from our grandmas age. You barely see grandmas like that nowadays
@@truthliesbeneath3134 so true!
@@truthliesbeneath3134 Facts. I watch re-runs of Sanford and Sons with my mom every night and I always admire how classy the women are in their dress, manners, and speech. My mom’s from the era portrayed in the show and she agrees that things are so incredibly different these days.
@@tiahnarodriguez3809 love that show and I still watch it. I put my husband on
“I’m sorry he had to learn that people don’t like to be insulted the hard way” 🤣❤️🙏 savage queen. I would love to see Alicia play her there’s no better option wow!
Mariah the scientist looks more similar but less talented 🤷♀️my opinion
What a beautiful and exquisite way you described the late great Lena Horne! A few things I knew but the saddest one (to me) was of her mother, to be that despicable to her own flesh & blood really blew my mind. How awful to have to "pay" your jealous mother to back off of you having the success she only dreamed of having. I know Lena got the last laugh, she really did walk through fire, however, and in spite of her difficult life, she shined and glowed and had more beauty talent and grace than many female artists of her time!! She was incredible thank you for the homage to such a talented lady! May she Rest In Peace.
You did her legacy justice. Thank you!
I am such a fan of Lena Horne she was very beautiful and just to watch her on screen was such an honor. That smile could brighten the darkest of night.
She is a beauty...timeless.
grandmother fantastically within, ever be@utiful indeed!
Lena Horne was a great beauty. Everything about her was beautiful! Hollywood and some in the general public tried to define her. But, she rose above all that and stayed true to herself.
I’ve heard her name but never knew anything about her and how she looked. Our community needs to keep these stories alive, we’ve overcome so much as a race. Loved this video, it made me listen to some of her songs! I’m going to watch her movies as well.
I highly suggest you read her books and watch her interviews. Same with Eartha Kitt because they keep it real with regards to what it was like being black in their times which si amazing to me because in those times it was highly discouraged for any black person to share their stories. Eartha actually got punished for telling the president what was really going on in the black community during a white house meal because it was seen as too politically controversial, but despite being banned from the White House she didn’t back down.
@@tiahnarodriguez3809 🌿 We need to know who the sitting president was at the White House when Eartha Kitt was banned. She was a lovely, strong, entertaining woman and said to be a favorite of Otto Preminger. He found her simply fascinating. I was so lucky to see her playing the Wicked Witch along with Mickey Rooney in a live performance of Wizard of Oz at the Fox Theatre in Detroit around 2000. What an absolute thrill❣️
Hally Berry had Lena Horne as her role model. She wanted to become an actress like her
I believe Halle's role model was Dorothy Dandridge.
@@wendigo1919 Actually I read an interview that she was saying how much she admires Lena and how she changed her point of view about movies. She never mentioned Dorothy Dandridge
@@wendigo1919 💯💯💯💯💯
I grew up in the 60's and 70's and my parents would put records on the player early every Sat. morning. Us kids would get up and know that it was a family day doing chores and having fun with mom and dad. Stormy weather was one of my favorite songs from her record. I can still see that record cover with her beautiful smiling face. My mom said Miss Lena was one of the most beautiful and rare jewels of a songstress she had ever seen.
I once saw Lena Horne sing one summer eve at Tanglewood with the Bostyon Symphony Orchestra in western MA and she sang and talked for hours. She was a great and classy lady. and I was privileged to see her.
I love her! My mom loved MGM musicals so, we watched them too. What a beautiful voice and person. I know all about her life. You got everything right. Not many know how her father stood up to Louis Mayor to fight against stereotypes. It's unfortunate she lived during an ignorant era. She will always be remembered. Oh, and she never played a servant. Thanks for this video!
I'm so glad that she can be used as an example of people who have 2 black parents but look racially ambiguous... This is something of being a black American that gets misinterpreted alot
When you look at both sides of her family they were pretty fair. I bet had dna testing been available she would have had a significant amount of european blood.
Her parents were mixed.
Don’t be delusional 😂
Both parents are mixed
@@rendallsofia1194 Thank you!
I wanted to be like Lena Horne since I saw her in Cabin in the Sky. One of my all time favorite movies. Love her so much.
Lena Horne had so much style and grace! She was a song stylist! She was physically beautiful and also had a beautiful heart! She never lost site of who she was or the social issues of the time. Very classy lady! Excellent Documentary!
Miss horn was a proud and dignified lady and I do appreciate her life in a lot of the struggles but she always held her head up high she always had good things to say very smart intelligent woman she is missed
In the book The Hornes, An American Family, by her daughter Gail Lumet Buckley, her daughter said their family had a mixture of Native American, African and white. I never read that her mother was jealous of her. I saw her in person here in Philadelphia in concert. She was excellent. She was a great talent.
Linda:
I read Lena's autobigraphy - also later biographies, and definitely recall Lena referring to her mother's jealousy and saying that she once, as an adult, asked her mother if she ever really loved her - and the mother replied "no." Heartbreaking.
The Horne was so beautiful. I was so fortunate to see her perform when I was a child. She was a role model for us all.
She was beautiful, classy and talented. I miss the old actresses, no one can hold a candle to them. 🌹
Lena appeared much more often on television than just some sit com's. She regularly appeared on the many variety shows of the 60's and early 70's. In particular, she frequently guest starred on The Dean Martin Show, The Frank Sinatra Show and Specials, The Andy Williams Show, and others.
One of the photos used is of Fredi Washington, a predecessor of Lena's, who starred in the original film version of "Imitation of Life" with Louise Beavers and Claudette Colbert. Also, Lena's signature song "Story Weather" is from the film "Stormy Weather".
Yes, that mom photo was of the actress Fredi Washington, not her mother, Edna.
Hey sis! This is going to be an interesting video. Janet Jackson has said Lena Horne was one of her inspirations/influences.
A truly gifted ICON! Thanks for posting. Have enjoyed her talent so much! Her performance in the WIZ remains a personal favorite! Her life made an impactful positive difference not only for African American women, but woman period! We do not choose how we arrive in this life, giving our best is the least we should do! Rest in paradise Ms Horne, you gave us your Best! 💜💫🕊🎶🤍💗🙏🏽
For African American women yah I don’t know about that one?
She was one stunning woman! Yes! Alica Keys would be perfect in that role and Alicia is already talented in the music department so there you go!
Karine Alooude you certainly are to be commended on the beautiful collection of Lena Horne's photos.
When mentioning Miss Horne's Mother, the picture there is of Actress, Fredi Washington, who starred in the first version of the movie, The Imitation of Life in 1934.
It's insane to me that skin color is such a huge issue with people on both sides. Characteristics that are not earned shouldn't be considered. Skin color has no inherently good or bad character qualities.
The sky is purple.
That's the way it should be, but not the way it is!!!!!
You’re exactly right if people just stop giving it power, stop passing it down we can weed it out.
@@MayMay-el4wg A mixed race person is still Black. We’re all mixed with European, it’s what makes us African American. Some are mixed with more European DNA than others but we all have different, varying degrees or percentages of the two races. Either way, we were all brought up in the culture, with brown skin and discrimination so I don’t understand why some insist on division.
it's an issue on 'both sides' because of the prevalence by 'one' side! which are a shallow lot!
Ever since Alecia Keys came on the scene I have always said she would be perfect playing the role of Lena Horne if they ever made a movie about her life.
I totally agree 👍 👌
More like Meghan markle with Alicia's vocals.
The photo you put of Lena Horne's mother is the actress Fredi Washington. She never had kids
Dee D Oh i see you caught it too. I just commented on the fact that it was Fredi Washington that was posted as Lena Horn's
mother. I am so glad that someone else also caught the error as well.
I had the pleasure in seeing her live twice. I just loved how she stood up for her blackness. She stood strong amongst jealous white women
Lens was black not white
@@ThePhoenix3712 She didn't say she wasn't black, but that she was in Hollywood amongst jealous white women.
@@ThePhoenix3712 she was mixed race. The stupidity is unreal. She had 2 mixed race parents
She was not a little mixed…she was very mixed. Both parents were mixed
@@PsychicMedium4747 😂 I know🤣 what is wrong with calling mixed race people "mixed race"? why must they always be called black or a "tiny" bit mixed? I'm born in England, I find many American black people say theses statements.
I love Lena...her voice got even better with age..Every time I watch the Wiz and she sings "if You Believe" you can't tell me she wasn't singing that especially for me. Wonderful video..but you are right, besides Billie, Ella and Lena there are so many othes..Love your channel
This woman was drop dead beautiful 😍
Lena Horne is one of my favorite actresses. I actually met her great niece who used to sing at my restaurant a lot. Lena was simply amazing
Kimmie Horne?
I admire her character. Most people would have used whatever privilege they had and never looked back but she didn't...at a time when being black was seen as a burden.
So glad you did this. I didn't realize her mother was black. I was always struck by Lena's beauty, grace, talent, and guts. It has been so long that I was beginning to forget her name. And this woman SHOULD NOT be forgotten! Thank you!
You didn’t know she was black?
@@Thatricanrose81 Of course I knew she was black considering I am. Is that all you got from my comment?
@@Thatricanrose81She didn't realise her mother was black, it would be fair to assume she was of mixed heritage due to her appearance, even if she didn't identify as that. If you tested her DNA she would have inherited a high amount of European and native American genetics. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being multi-racial. I am, and I resent people who write us off as passing, white or black. We are what we are.
This gorgeous woman introduced me to jazz. I am forever grateful.
Love me some Lena Horne, I have her picture up on my wall next to Dorothy Dandridge, Marpessa Dawn and Pam Grier. Some of my fav work of hers is A Different World and The Wiz. 🤩🔥
My deepest condolences goes out to all of the loved ones of Lena. 🤲🏽💜
I so love your postings of these wonderful and talented women. I feel so strong for Lena and Josephine. My heart is for these documentaries. You are wonderful to give this to the open and awareness. I just can’t thank you enough
Thank you for posting a video on the legendary Ms. Lena!
Just to clarify the photo you presented as Lena Horne's mother, was actually the photo of the very beautiful Fredi Washington who was
the actress who played in the 1934 version of the movie Imitation of Life. The movie was about a black woman passing for white.
Lena Horne's mother was a very fair skinned black woman, who was good looking, but was a bit overweight.
Huh? That was in the incorrect photo? I’ve just made a point that her mother looks yt! 😄. Back to the drawing board 😛.
Great eye. I thought that was Fredi.
Thank you for sharing. Hopefully she can edit her video and fix it.
What’s with her being overweight have to do with her beauty?
yeah I was about to say that too! its not her mother, that's Fredi Washington
The person you showed as her mom, is Fredi Washington, from “Imitation of Life.” It’s a great movie if you haven’t seen it 🙂
viewed on numerous occasions
Was just about to post this. Fredi Washington was some kinda woman. I've loved Imitation of Life since I was 8 years old.
Yes- her mom was Edna Scottron.
There’s a Lena Horne documentary in her own words that I think brings to light a few small corrections.
That's what I thought!
Classic movie Iv'e watched numerous times throughout my life, crying everytime
Thank you! You did such and amazing job of covering Ms. Horne's life and career.
Great job! Keep these videos coming! Lena was absolutely GORGEOUS right up to her passing!
Her biography: Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne by Gavin, James is AMAZING , it’s truly a history of the United States .
Loved this narration of Lena Horne's life.
There's so many powerful messages in the struggles of African American lives throughout our history particularly in this country.
Wonderful. Thank you!
Me and a classmates won tickets to go to a Lena Horne concert here and Ohio back when I was 14 we didn’t think we were going to enjoy it but it was one of the best shows I ever watched we were just mesmerized I’m very glad that we had been picked to go. The funny thing that happened was she came down after the show to the lobby floor, she had on this all white two piece really cute little outfit and she didn’t look African American at all I’m African-American and so was my classmate she came out after the concert into the hall after she changed clothing and walked up to me and the girls name with Carol and said how did you girls like the show and me looking at her thinking who is this lady because she looked totally different close up rather then on the stage but she had this big beautiful smile and bubbly personality I said well you know it’s a lot better than we thought it was going to be we didn’t think we were going to like it but we actually loved it and she was like great and I looked over at my friend Carol an her mouth was hanging open wide. So I turned around and I looked at her again and I said you’re not, no you’re not, oh my God you’re Lena Horne and we all cracked up laughing and I said I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you off stage and she said oh I thought you guys were just to stuck up little kids. We hugged and took photos the gentleman that took the photos promised he would get in contact with us we gave him our phone numbers to send us a picture and of course we never got any pictures but she was a wonderful performer and an even more wonderful person and just absolutely beautiful🙏🏾❤️
It's a sad day in the world when one cannot be themselves smh. She was gorgeous 💞. That Era is so frustrating to watch/hear about. They were so jealous & hateful ugh.
@babytash: Right?! They were working overtime to try and play down her Beauty and skin tone. She was perfect as is🥰
Lena Horne-what a classic icon from a time gone by -I will always remember one of her last interviews on 60 minutes with Ed Bradley and her keen insights about her life during that session. I was hoping you would have mentioned it -but loved all the nuggets of information you shared. ❤️‼️🥳
I remember that too! It was a fantastic interview! She flirted with Ed Bradley a little bit and made him blush. They showed a clip of her singing "I'm a ripe juicy plum" and she explained to Ed how even as an older woman she wanted to sing about her vitality ;). Ed was star struck and didn't look ready for the interview to take that turn. He looked like a schoolboy with a crush on teacher! She was still so gorgeous. Poor Ed! He got teased about it later.
@@rhino5100 I so remember that Edith! You’re spot on -it was a flirty type session -but very sweet! Sad they are both gone now -thank you remembering that interview-she was such a beautiful lady, inside and out
R.I.P. to Lena Horne. She represented class, sophistication, grace and beauty all in one.
Lena Horne was always a ‘leading Lady’ to me. I still listen to her music. Thank you for doing Lena Horne!
The stunning gorgeous Lena Horne may she forever get her flowers 👑❤
Once again, I always seem to have a connection to the great people here you review. So here goes for this one- When I was a very young interior designer in a retail furniture store, Lena Horne came in with an entourage looking for a large white sofa and other
Art Deco inspired furniture that she could get soon without long delivering times. Sadly, my co-workers had to tell me all this
since Monday was my usual day off and that's when Lena came. My co-workers also told me Lean was wearing a huge oval emerald with
diamonds bordering it. They all knew emeralds were my favorite. I'm still mad that I didn't get to see this great beauty in person wearing my
favorite gemstone. By the way, the store didn't have Lena's style of furniture. She left without purchasing.
When the owner heard this, we all had a meeting with a new rule that if a star of this magnitude ever comes into the store again,
we must get the owner to work with them. We did have a lot of star athletes coming in, but no one close to Lena's stature ever again.
Thanks again Karine, for another great video!
So I need to top your story on famous folks, 😂. Muhammad Ali came to my HBCU college in Kentucky to see his high school friends, he was Cassis Clay at the time, we are the same age..his brother Rudy was with him. On campus he was driving a pink Cadillac, straight from the Olympics_ then into the small cafeteria, I was eating. They were so tall, brown smooth skin, beautiful men. I thought, no wonder he calls himself "pretty". Fast forward 45 years, my son recruits college football, calls me from Mohammed's daughter's house in Vegas, recruiting a son. From his first wife-Yolanda-the daughter is one of their twins.🥊\ 🌴California-retired😁
This was very enlightening. Thank You for sharing 😌💕✨
This was so well put together 👏
Lena was absolutely stunning 😍😍🤩🤩, definitely an Icon👑
Girl! Lena Horne is my birthday twin!!
Mines too
@@wilsondwight7817 hey twin!!
Hello 👋
Thanks, Karine. I really enjoyed your take on Lena Horne’s life.
Thank you for the info on this beautiful woman- inside and out.
I've always loved Lena Horne, because she reminds me of my grandmother :). Thanks for this video!
I love all the depth and the multi facetedness you highlight in each of these women - it’s so refreshing, intriguing, and healing. Great conversations 💕 thank you!!
You did a very good job telling the story of Lena Horne. I enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you. Lena Horne is a hidden gem. What a legacy.
I’m like Lena. Both parents are light skinned black who each have a light parent, and they also had a light parent. We don’t know where the mixture comes in because it was so far back. When I tell black people I’m black they always say “yeah, right”. lol. I love Lena’s determination and no-nonsense. It’s awful that her mom treated her this way and was jealous of her, but I’ve seen it happen first hand.
Both parents are mixed. Not just light. Their lineage were clearly mixed and as they said owned slaves as well sooo. It isn’t just being light skinned.
Can we just stop this "see me as special because my parents look mixed" thing? Can we really just stop? We KNOW the intent of those statements. We KNOW why they are even stated. Just stop.
@@nopebye.777 light skin black people have black features. They do not look like and confused with white people. Also back then they used the 1 drop rule so you could be a whole white person calling themself black just because a ancient ancestor was black.
@@sadesexoticreptiles4948 GTFO of my inbox with your basic ahh response.
My grandmother favored her as a young girl. My grandfather tried to give her the world and he came close. Where I learned the art of femininity. 😊
Beautiful! Sounds like a beautiful lady who was treated as such by her man. ❤️❤️ Too bad we don’t get much of this in today’s world smh.
Translation: I have a mixed woman directly in my family. Am I not special? And my not mixed grandpa loved that look because ...you know...mixed = feminine.
@@nopebye.777 nah. That’s all your projection onto a stranger on the internet. Therapy.
@@negativenancy4805 Therapy is a GOOD thing. I highly recommend. Maybe a therapist will help you with your identity crisis.
@@nopebye.777 you attached an entire narrative to a comment about a whole family of people you don’t know…but I’m the one with an identity crises. Identify you some business because this ain’t it, nutty buddy.
Thank you for showing the details of her life. Very well done.
I'm new to your channel and I love it. You told the story well. Also she was naturally beautiful, she made it shown that you don't have to change facial features to be attractive.
She was so pretty no matter her race. So sad she went through what she did. So so sad.
Wow! I had no idea the Lena went through so much. You did a wonderful job.
Thank you! I loved the high quality of the narrator and the production. I learned things about Ms. Horne that I never knew. Wow!
You did a great job telling her story. I enjoyed listening.👍
Put all the women of the world together and her beauty will out cast every single women, she is absolutely stunning, she will out shine Marylin Monroe’s beauty, I mean every woman 🙏🏻
All r beautiful in their own way;form and shape!!!All! None r better than None!!! All Women and All Men!!!All! Not Just One!!But All!!! The Most High NEVER MADE NO MISTAKES!!! NEVER!!! All are beautiful and amazing in their own way shape and form!!!All Human!!!! Rich or Middle Class or Poor! We are all beautiful and amazing and wonderfully made!!! She wasn't better than NoOne! Just like how NoOne wasn't better than her!! We are all beautiful wonderfully made in the IMAGE of our Heavenly Father God!!!! All!!!! Always view everyone the same because what they can do and become. Well guess what! You can do it too and become it as well! Everything I can do others can do it too including you!!! Everything what I can do you and others can do it too!!! None are better than None! All are beautifully and wonderfully made in the image of the most high god!We are all Human beings!!!!All! We should always treat one another with love ❤️😘 and respect!!!! Treat others the same way we would want to be treated!!!We are all beautiful and amazing and wonderfully made in the image of our Heavenly Father God!!!All women are beautiful and wonderfully made just like all men!!!! None better than None! All is beautiful in their own way!!!!All!!! She wasn't better than NoOne!💕💗👍👍👍👍👍
@@aquariuswoman97 Amen
This was amazing. I did a book report on her in my advanced Spanish class in high school. Love her story.
Please keep the others coming Ms Alourde!!! Dandridge’s life is tragic but You are right: there are SO MANY unsung artists!!! I especially like to learn of those who created social betterment via their platforms!!!
I so enjoy your work. You really bring such humanity to people. Thank you.
I love the Lena hone she passed away the same day my youngest daughter was born 12 years ago. Please rest in peace Rip ❤️
Spectacular performer and a even greater human being! Thank you for sharing this.
How can a mother be jealous of her daughter’s success? I’d be so proud!
Many are! I didn’t raise you to try to be better than me, is the evil way some womens minds work! It is a tragedy how many mother daughter relationships are destroyed because of looks!
@@marymargaretblumhorst5359 mmh Hollywood is no good environment
Right smh that means she was raised right
It's not that uncommon.