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Her mother, actress Edna Louise Scottron, was of the same ethnicity as her husband.

Picture of edna louise scottron

She was fair-skinned, with green eyes. Horne, who starred in the films Stormy Weather and Cabin In The Sky, was teased as a schoolgirl for being light-skinned, but in fact it was this same hue that launched her career, qualifying her to audition as a chorus girl for the famous Cotton Club at the age of In she broke into movies, signing with the MGM film studio, whose bosses positioned her as the acceptable face of modern African American beauty.

Instead of becoming the major star her talent deserved, she languished at MGM for years, with the bosses never quite knowing how to place her. Discover more about me and my latest projects, at Ben Arogundade bio. Edwin was a teacher, a newspaperman, a drugstore proprietor, and a politician. Edna and Teddy together had a daughter, Lena Horne, the legendary jazz singer and civil rights, activist.

Edna and Teddy divorced in Lena was raised by her grandmother Cora Catherine Calhoun. Cora was a college graduate, a feminist, a civic leader, and a suffragist. She was a distinguished community leader who was heavily involved in numerous clubs and charities. Edna died on January 16,at the age of In the spring ofshe had a featured role in the Cotton Club Parade starring Adelaide Hall, who took Lena under her wing.

A few years later Horne joined Noble Sissle's Orchestra, with which she toured and with whom she recorded her first record release, a 78rpm single issued by Decca Records. More hit records and a contract with MGM would follow in The rest of Lena Horne's life, both good and bad, is musical history Labels: birthdaysLena Hornesingers. Newer Post Older Post Home.