Celebrities Who’ve Been Banned And Blacklisted For Dressing, Acting, Or Talking Crazy

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LENA HORNE

Singer, dancer and civil rights activist Horne was and still is regarded as one of America’s black darlings. She already had a bit of work under her belt when she was approached by talent scouts, and chose Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as the studio that she would work under, becoming the first black performer to sign a contract with a major Hollywood studio. She was also the first African American woman to be nominated for a Tony Award. Similar to reasons for Hughes’ blacklisting, Horne was blacklisted in the 1950s because of the Red Scare and her leftist point of views, and was unable to get work in Hollywood for a while.

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