Harry Belafonte
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 1, 1927
- Died
- April 25, 2023 (aged 96)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927 – April 25, 2023) was an American singer, actor and activist, who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s. Belafonte is one of the few performers to have received an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT), although he won the Oscar in a non-competitive category. He earned his career breakthrough with the album Calypso (1956), which was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte was best known for his recordings of "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)", "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)", "Jamaica Farewell", and "Mary's Boy Child". He recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He also starred in films such as Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Buck and the Preacher (1972), and Uptown Saturday Night (1974). He made his final screen appearance in Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018). Belafonte considered the actor, singer, and activist Paul Robeson a mentor, and he was a close confidant of Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. He was a vocal critic of the policies of the George W. Bush and Donald Trump administrations. Belafonte acted as the American Civil Liberties Union celebrity ambassador for juvenile justice issues. Belafonte won three Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award), an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. In 1989, he received the Kennedy Center Honors. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1994. In 2014, he received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy's 6th Annual Governors Awards and in 2022 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Early Influence category. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Belafonte, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
Movie · as Self
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
Movie
The Greatest Night in Pop
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Following Harry
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Black
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 4 eps
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Movie · as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Movie · as Self
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
Movie · as Self - Subject (archive footage)
Sidney
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Movie · as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Movie · as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
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Dom Salvador & The Abolition
Movie · as Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Movie · as Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
Movie · as Self
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
Movie · as Self
TV Story Superstar
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Man Behind the White Guitar
Movie · as Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Movie · as Self - Singer
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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King in the Wilderness
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BlacKkKlansman
Movie · as Jerome Turner
Mr. SOUL!
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Bobby Kennedy for President
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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The Madding Crowd
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
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Året var 1966
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Jackie Robinson
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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
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Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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JFK: The Private President
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Sternstunde Musik
TV · as Self · 1 ep
JFK
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sing Your Song
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Hava Nagila: The Movie
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Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
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Rise Like Lions
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Mama Africa
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The University of Sing Sing
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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Hamburg Journal
TV · as self · 1 ep
Motherland
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Anecdotes about Fidel
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American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
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Bobby
Movie · as Nelson
Mo & Me
Movie
Best Ever Muppet Moments
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
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The Peace!
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The Colbert Report
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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The Legendary Nat King Cole
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Muppet Music Moments
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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The World of Nat King Cole
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Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
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Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kulturplatz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tanner on Tanner
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Menschen bei Maischberger
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Gero von Boehm begegnet...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Democracy Now!
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Altman on His Own Terms
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Swing Vote
Movie · as Will Dunn
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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PB&J Otter
TV · as The Ice Moose (voice) · 1 ep
Sabine Christiansen
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Vivement dimanche
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Jazz '34
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
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Kansas City
Movie · as Seldom Seen
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
White Man's Burden
Movie · as Thaddeus Thomas
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV · as Magic Man (voice) · 1 ep
Willemsens Woche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Prêt-à-Porter
Movie · as Self
The World of Jim Henson
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The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
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The Player
Movie · as Harry Belafonte
Musik liegt in der Luft
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
DAS!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Movie · as Self
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
Movie
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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We Shall Overcome
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
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Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
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Flitterabend
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV · 1 ep
Nase vorn
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Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Movie
The Muppet Revue
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
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Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self - Laudatio · 1 ep
Bei Bio
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Night of 100 Stars
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Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Grambling's White Tiger
Movie · as Coach Eddie Robinson
Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Heut' abend
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CBS News Sunday Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Kennedy Center Honors
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The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
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The Royal Variety Performance 1977
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Auf los geht's los
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The Muppet Show
TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep
Club 2
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Numéro un
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Uptown Saturday Night
Movie · as Geechie Dan Beauford
Free to Be… You and Me
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Buck and the Preacher
Movie · as Preacher
Nationtime: Gary
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The Julie Andrews Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Grand Échiquier
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V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Angel Levine
Movie · as Alexander Levine
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Flip Wilson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Petula
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 3 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
TV · as Self, Self - Cameo · 1 ep
The Strolling '20s
Movie · as Self
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Day of the Oath
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The Danny Kaye Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self, Self - Guest Host · 7 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Harry Belafonte in Concert
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The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Movie · as Ralph Burton
Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie · as Johnny Ingram
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Island in the Sun
Movie · as David Boyeur
Aktuelle Schaubude
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Steve Allen Show
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Was bin ich?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Carmen Jones
Movie · as Joe
Bright Road
Movie · as Mr. Williams - School Principal
General Electric Theater
TV · as Vince · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 3 eps
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV · as Self · 6 eps