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At long last, the first serious biography of entertainment legend Lena Horne — the celebrated star of film, stage, and music who became one of the first African-American icons. At the 2001 Academy Awards, Halle Berry thanked Lena Horne for paving the way for her to become the first black recipient of a Best Actress Oscar. Though limited, mostly to guest singing appearances in splashy Hollywood musicals, "the beautiful Lena Horne," as she was often called, became a pioneering star for African Americans in the 1940s and fifties. Now James Gavin, author of Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker , draws on a wealth of unmined material and hundreds of interviews — one of them with Horne herself — to give us the defining portrait of an American icon. Gavin has gotten closer than any other writer to the celebrity who has lived in reclusion since 1998. Incorporating insights from the likes of Ruby Dee, Tony Bennett, Diahann Carroll, Arthur Laurents, and several of Horne's fellow chorines from Harlem's Cotton Club, Stormy Weather offers a fascinating portrait of a complex, even tragic Horne — a stunning talent who inspired such giants of showbiz as Barbra Streisand, Eartha Kitt, a

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Author

James Gavin

Publisher

Atria Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743271448

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Historical Fiction, Music

Rating

3.83 / 5 (156 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14