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- Marilyn Horne was born on January 16, 1934 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Strange Days (1995), Carmen Jones (1954) and Orlando furioso (1990). She was previously married to Henry Lewis and Nicola Zaccaria.
- SpousesHenry Lewis(1960 - 1974) (divorced, 1 child)Nicola Zaccaria(? - 1989) (divorced)
- As a teenager, Horne dubbed in the singing for Dorothy Dandridge's title character in Otto Preminger's film of Carmen Jones (1954). Less than two decades later, she would be acknowledged as one of the foremost Carmens of her time in the title role of the Bizet opera from which the stage and film versions of "Carmen Jones" were adapted.
- As a young singer, just getting her start, Horne recorded several albums for various small Los Angeles-area labels under the name Jackie Horne (her off-stage nickname). At a time when arrangements were not subject to copyright, as they are now, she recorded several very good sound-alike versions of other singers' hits at bargain prices during the 1950s.
- Marilyn Horne was only 20 when she began dubbing Dorothy Dandridge's voice in Carmen Jones (1954).
- She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1992 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- She is an opera singer.
- [on soprano Simone Osborne] Make no mistake, Simone is half athlete and half artist - which you need to be if you want to be an opera star. There's no question about her big talent. I first heard her sing a gorgeous aria from 'The Bartered Bride' in 2007 and, at the end if it, I was sitting with tears in my eyes. She understands that voices need to be brilliant, dark and bright, all at once. She embodies the term 'chiaroscuro'.
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