ACTOR

Lena Horne

1917 - 2010

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Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years, appearing in film, television, and theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lena Horne has received more than 5,781,787 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Lena Horne is the 2,832nd most popular actor (up from 2,902nd in 2019), the 4,386th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,565th in 2019) and the 1,281st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lena Hornes by language

Over the past year Lena Horne has had the most page views in the with 634,490 views, followed by French (15,480), and German (11,699). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (497.22%), Uzbek (226.32%), and Urdu (212.44%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lena Horne ranks 2,832 out of 13,578. Before her are Eileen Brennan, Andrey Makarevich, Susana Dosamantes, Roy Thinnes, Lena Endre, and Benoît Poelvoorde. After her are Colm Feore, Amy Madigan, Antonio Fargas, Morena Baccarin, Sally Hawkins, and Daniel Dae Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Lena Horne ranks 172. Before her are Bertil Nordahl, Aníbal Paz, Dmitry Belyayev, Celeste Holm, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, and M. G. Ramachandran. After her are Abdullah al-Sallal, André Waterkeyn, Yuri Lyubimov, Ilse Steppat, Tetyana Yablonska, and Luigi Poggi. Among people deceased in 2010, Lena Horne ranks 184. Before her are Huang Hua, Julien Guiomar, Egon Klepsch, Florencio Campomanes, Herbert Erhardt, and Sandro de América. After her are Corin Redgrave, Nicola Cabibbo, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Norman Wisdom, and Samuel T. Cohen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lena Horne ranks 4,386 out of 20,380. Before her are Cathy Berberian (1925), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Roy Thinnes (1938), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Jerry Hall (1956), and Joseph Cornell (1903). After her are B. J. Thomas (1942), Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), Antonio Fargas (1946), Arthur L. Newton (1883), and Melanie Thornton (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lena Horne ranks 1,281. Before her are Russ Tamblyn (1934), Katherine Kelly Lang (1961), Patty Duke (1946), Jon Cryer (1965), Eileen Brennan (1932), and Roy Thinnes (1938). After her are Colm Feore (1958), Amy Madigan (1950), Antonio Fargas (1946), Marion Ross (1928), Susan Strasberg (1938), and Norman Lloyd (1914).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Glinda the Good
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
Oct 24o 19785.987 / 10
Now!
Self (voice)
Using morgue photos, newsreel footage, and a recording by Lena Horne, Cuban filmmaker Santiago Alvarez fired off 'Now!', one of the most powerful bursts of propaganda rendered in the 1960s.
Jan 1o 19656.188 / 10
Stormy Weather
Selina Rogers
Dancing great Bill Williamson sees his face on the cover of Theatre World magazine and reminisces: Just back from World War I, he meets lovely singer Selina Rogers at a soldiers' ball and promises to come back to her when he "gets to be somebody." Years go by, and Bill and Selina's rising careers intersect only briefly, since Selina is unwilling to settle down. Will she ever change her mind? Concludes with a big all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
Jul 21o 19436.829 / 10