Lena Horne interview Dick Cavett 1981 - Part 1

[@meboneme1]

What i LOVE about Dick Cavett, is that he actually had CONVERSATIONS with his guests; not asking SCRIPTED questions about the moment, trying to sell something! NOTHING like today's "talk shows" where the guest gets 3-5 minutes to advertise a movie or tv show. THIS LENA HORNE interview, Bette Davis, Kate Hepburn, George Cukor, etc. is CLASSIC CONVERSATIONS.

[@starfed64]

Aretha Franklin was Lena Horne’s role model… I feel like that is exactly what I needed to hear thanks for the post.

[@dabigdikdangler]

That is my late grandmother all day long. She looked exactly like Lena Horne and was as icy as a January storm. She was cold but showed her love in little ways, like baking my favorite desserts or playing with my arm as I sat next to her in church. This makes me miss her, thanks for posting.

[@rubywlee3831]

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[@rubywlee3831]

Excellent

[@geecollins4915]

Wow 🥰👍🏾❤️

[@bitppr6]

Gorgeous, classy and smart!

[@jjroseknows777]

5:00 beautiful expression of her own wish to come out to be free, as "Aretha" was in her singing. This touched me so, how she had been locked in trying not to act like a stereo-typical black woman, and so she was SO reserved for years! I love it that she has told this to us. And Cavett seems so obtuse! He can't even put her at ease in the vulnerability she is showing us

[@champagnerenee9353]

I was so touched by this interview for the love she had for my QUEEN Aretha Franklin

[@richardbullis6263]

Lena Horne is an iconic singer.

[@08CARIB]

I love Lena Horne, she defined herself a a free black women and she EARNED her freedom and fought for the freedom of everyone else while breaking barriers

[@alexisb8275]

"earned her freedom" ???

[@josephharden5592]

I love the legendary Lena Horne. I love how she breaks down her defiantly cold way in her early days...and her love of Aretha Franklin :).

[@TheStefanSittig]

An American Institution. Respect. Love. Light. A glorious artist.

[@BLTKellys]

What do you mean by ‘Light’? 🫤

[@ajsway7134]

Lena was a jewel... she was the type where you could sit with her at an upscale restaurant or a Sunday dinner at the house and have a ball.

[@milesclarke9343]

She was such a jewel! Rest in heaven Lena Horne!

[@Maazzzo]

thank you so much for posting these videos.

[@kindell1]

So beautiful and strong ❤

[@dennispearson9287]

At 64 She Looked 40 !!!....Truly An Ageless Wonder !!!...

[@DLFfitness1]

Such honesty

[@franwern519]

She considered herself Black, talking about my people...She fully embrace who she was, even at that time. Much respect!

[@michaeldean9338]

Thanks for posting this, friend :) Love you, Ms. Lena.

[@joecastillo4884]

Elegance personified!!

[@likr604]

Happy Birthday Mrs. Horne. She is a beautiful lady/Legend.

[@christhomas5761]

She was decades older than Aretha and yet she looked to Aretha as her vocal role model ... Lena was quite the humble person.

[@cameronnebraska6049]

Powerful

[@tanyachavis2578]

I Love you Lena! Thank you for your beauty, intelligence, and for being a woman of color for God! You have opened up many doors for me and for all! Love You! Forever!

[@Beezkneez28]

This taught me so much about myself.

[@4687878]

You can see the pain in her face from living in america in her every expression !!

[@felicciasc]

SilkySlim I am sure she took a lot of crap, but the persistence of people in her generation helped the civil rights movement

[@nardo1224]

Watching Lena just gives me a warm feeling all over.

[@felinefokus]

I'm a late bloomer 2. No one said life would be easy 🙏 *#LenaHorne*

[@scotnick59]

Better late than never!

[@ahmad.tillery.1987]

Lena Horne was inspired by Aretha Franklin's raw soul power that is a beautiful thing. RIP Lena Horne RIP Aretha Franklin

[@Conn30Mtenor]

My dad was from the WW2/depression generation- she was his celebrity crush, he used to go on and on to my mum's chagrin. I also interviewed a bandleader in Vancouver BC who knew Lena well, so well in fact that Lena taught his daughter how to pop her chewing gum.

[@Clandan31]

I love her honesty! ❤

[@maxlinder5262]

VOLUME IS LOW.........

[@akrenwinkle]

That little curtsey she does is adorable. 02:06 Then things get serious.

[@AllAmericanJock]

An extraordinary woman and an extraordinary talent. She took the lumps from all sides because she was picked to blaze a trail. Very much missed.

[@zakariashartley]

legend

[@shirell68]

I can barely hear it and i got. earplugs in

[@ask4theupgrade359]

Her stepdad was Miguel Rodríguez. a white-Hispanic. Lena Horne was also told to pass for Hispanic

[@shakeyraware1563]

Pls make this hd audio pls

[@larryshaver3568]

for 63 or 64 she looks very young

[@dsusan17]

She was multi racial. It is such a shame she could not have been "just a woman ". She was so talented.

[@ramfaki1256]

D Rice :she looked like just a white talented,skillfull woman to me.If I didn't know about her race heritage,I couldn't guess...

[@dontbesheeplethink9100]

D Rice 90 % of all Black Americans are multiracial/bicultural... Ms. Horne PROUDLY IDENTIFIED AS A BLACK woman! It's always us so called "white" Americans who point out colors and races! IT'S EFFING PATHETIC and DISGUSTING!

[@brainsareus]

It's not for you to define another.

[@jokenche1658]

brainsareus she was SELF DEFINED.

[@mikepignatelli273]

Very powerful

[@Tinker1950]

A noticeable lack of a handshake or kiss. A rather strained air to it.

[@mecca7356]

What would she say about cardi b or Megan the stallion wow. I sa her at 6 yrs old and nobody came to her show but us blks stop supporting her show.

[@Laurentio313]

what ...

[@meowcatcat3472]

Respectfully, I think she looks a bit like judge judy here.

[@DeVron83]

Not at all to me LOL!

[@valarieballog6218]

I think she was beautiful but I don't think she sang good at all if it wasn't for her looks I don't know what she would do.

[@docsmithdc]

If you watch her PBS documentary she says that she did not consider herself to be a great singer but more of a performer with which I would have to agree.She has a reputation for being unapproachable even in social situations with her own people where they gathered for talk and exchange.Her first husband was a "civil rights lawyer" with whom she did not stay.She eventually married a "white man" .Later she stated she wanted to be with someone that could "command respect".On the outside looking in it saddened me to be reminded that "white" America cares nothing for a man's character ..only his color.It must have very hurtful for "black men "to hear that.

[@richardbullis6263]

Her first husband was not an civil rights lawyer he tried to run for office and lose. He was a mail carrier and her son Teddy became a drug addict. Teddy did finish college but died because of a kidney transplant. Her daughter Gail Buckley married Sidney Lumet and had two daughters by him.

[@RapRants]

Wow, we must hear two different things. She was a great singer to me.

[@countfosco1]

@@RapRants One of the greatest as far as I'm concerned. I agree.

[@BuckyBrown-lt4ry]

She liked white men.