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person_profile-Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte Died at age: 96

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Harry Belafonte

Date of Birth:

Mar 01, 1927

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 25, 2023

Biography of

Harry Belafonte

    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.

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Harry Belafonte

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Filmography of

Harry Belafonte

Found 76 Movies in total

... 2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2024

... 2023

... 2023

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Self - Inductee (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2022

Sidney

Self ( Actor )

... 2022

Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice

Self - Subject (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2022

... 2021

... 2020

... 2020

... 2019

BlacKkKlansman

Jerome Turner ( Actor )

... 2018

Mr. SOUL!

Self ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2018

... 2018

... 2018

... 2017

I Am Not Your Negro

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2017

... 2015

Selma

self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2014

... 2014

... 2014

... 2013

... 2013

... 2013

... 2012

... 2012

Sing Your Song

Self ( Actor )

... 2012

Mama Africa

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2011

... 2011

... 2011

... 2009

Bobby

Nelson ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2006

... 2005

... 2004

Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2004

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

... 2002

Swing Vote

Will Dunn ( Actor )

... 1999

... 1999

... 1998

... 1997

Jazz '34

Self - Narrator ( Actor )

... 1997

Kansas City

Seldom Seen ( Actor )

... 1996

White Man's Burden

Thaddeus Thomas ( Actor )

... 1995

Prêt-à-Porter

Self ( Actor )

... 1994

... 1994

The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1993

The Player

Harry Belafonte ( Actor )

... 1992

... 1990

... 1989

... 1988

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1986

The Muppet Revue

Self ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Night of 100 Stars

Self ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1977

Uptown Saturday Night

Geechie Dan Beauford ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

Nationtime

Self ( Actor )

... 1972

Buck and the Preacher

Preacher ( Actor )

Producer

... 1972

The Angel Levine

Alexander Levine ( Actor )

Producer

... 1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1970

Petula

Self ( Actor )

... 1968

The Strolling '20s

Self ( Actor )

... 1966

Odds Against Tomorrow

Johnny Ingram ( Actor )

Co-producer

... 1959

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

Ralph Burton ( Actor )

Producer

... 1959

Island in the Sun

David Boyeur ( Actor )

... 1957

Carmen Jones

Joe ( Actor )

... 1954

Bright Road

Mr. Williams - School Principal ( Actor )

... 1953

Mo & Me

Actor

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