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Lena Horne was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [1] to Edwin and Edna Horne on June 30, 1917. [2] Both sides of her family were biracial African Americans. [citation needed] She belonged to the well-educated upper stratum of Black New Yorkers at the time.
Jenny Lumet (born February 2, 1967) [1] [2] is an American actress and screenwriter. [3] She is the daughter of director Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of Lena Horne.Lumet wrote the original screenplay of the 2008 Jonathan Demme film Rachel Getting Married [4] [5] and had worked on the several Star Trek series.
The legacy of Lena Horne lives on. Music icon Dionne Warwick and Horne's granddaughter, Jenny Lumet, are opening up to ET about the stage and screen star's indelible mark on show business."Lena ...
Gail Horne Jones was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania but spent time in New York and California. She was raised Catholic. [4] She graduated from Radcliffe College with a bachelor's degree in 1959.
The life of entertainer and activist Lena Horne is to be turned into a limited series by Showtime with Alex Kurtzman and Horne’s granddaughter Jenny Lumet. The ViacomCBS-backed cable network is ...
Showtime is developing a limited series about the life of entertainer and activist Lena Horne, with Horne’s granddaughter Jenny Lumet writing and executive producing.Lumet will write the first ...
He appeared on Broadway in 2015 in the comedy Fish in the Dark by Larry David. [1] He has also appeared on television's Nurse Jackie and The Mandalorian. [2] [3] He is the son of actor Bobby Cannavale and screenwriter Jenny Lumet, [4] a grandson of film director Sidney Lumet, and a great-grandson of singer/actress Lena Horne.
The first NAACP Awards' Hall of Fame inductee was Lena Horne in 1983. Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Oprah Winfrey and Spike Lee have also received the honor. The 56th NAACP Image Awards will broadcast live on BET and CBS from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Feb. 22.