Her career spanned more than 60 years. Later she embraced activism and became a voice for civil rights in the US.'Unique'
In the 1940s, she became one of the first black performers to sing with a major white band and have a Hollywood contract.When asked about her success, Ms Horne once said: "I was unique in that I was a kind of black that white people could accept.
"I was their daydream. I had the worst kind of acceptance because it was never for how great I was or what I contributed. It was because of the way I looked."In 1981, her one-woman show, the award-winning The Lady and her Music, based on her life and career, ran for more than a year on Broadway and in London.
Her success gained her a special Tony award, while Horne's recording career resulted in two Grammy awards.When actress Halle Berry became the first black woman to win a best actress Oscar in 2002, she cited Lena Horne as one of the pioneering entertainers who had paved the way for her breakthrough.
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