Harry Belafonte
Born
March 1, 1927
Died
April 25, 2023 (96 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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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Following Harry
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Jim Henson Idea Man
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The Greatest Night in Pop
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Sunday Best
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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Sidney
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Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
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The One and Only Dick Gregory
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2021
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
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2020
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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2020
TV Story Superstar
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2020
The Man Behind the White Guitar
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2019
BlacKkKlansman
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2018
Mr. SOUL!
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2018
Bobby Kennedy for President
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2018
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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2018
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
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2018
King in the Wilderness
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2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
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2017
I Am Not Your Negro
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2017
The Madding Crowd
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2017
Jackie Robinson
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2016
Året var 1966
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2016
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
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2015
Selma
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2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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2014
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
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2014
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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2013
Sternstunde Musik
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2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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2013
JFK: The Private President
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2013
Hava Nagila: The Movie
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2012
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
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Sing Your Song
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2012
Rise Like Lions
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2011
Mama Africa
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2011
Hamburg Journal
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2011
The University of Sing Sing
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2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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2011
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
Bobby
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2006
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
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2006
Mo & Me
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Best Ever Muppet Moments
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2006
The Colbert Report
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2005
The Peace!
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2005
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
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Muppet Music Moments
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The Legendary Nat King Cole
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Tanner on Tanner
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2004
Kulturplatz
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2004
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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2004
The World of Nat King Cole
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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2004
Menschen bei Maischberger
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2003
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
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Altman on His Own Terms
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2000
Swing Vote
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1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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1999
Vivement dimanche
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1998
PB&J Otter
The Ice Moose (voice) · (1 episode)
1998
Sabine Christiansen
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1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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1998
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
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1997
Jazz '34
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1997
Kansas City
Seldom Seen
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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1996
White Man's Burden
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1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Magic Man (voice) · (1 episode)
1995
Willemsens Woche
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1995
Prêt-à-Porter
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1994
The World of Jim Henson
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1994
The Player
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1992
Musik liegt in der Luft
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1991
DAS!
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1991
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
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1990
Flitterabend
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1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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1988
Sacrée soirée
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1987
The Muppet Revue
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1985
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
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1984
Bei Bio
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1983
Night of 100 Stars
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1982
Champs-Elysées
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1982
Wetten, dass..?
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1981
Heut' abend
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1980
CBS News Sunday Morning
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1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
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1978
Auf los geht's los
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1977
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
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1977
Club 2
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1976
The Muppet Show
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1976
Numéro un
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1975
Uptown Saturday Night
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1974
Free to Be… You and Me
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1974
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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1973
The Julie Andrews Hour
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1972
Buck and the Preacher
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Le Grand Échiquier
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1972
V.I.P. Schaukel
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1971
Great Performances
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1971
The Flip Wilson Show
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1970
The Angel Levine
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1970
The Dick Cavett Show
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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1968
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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1967
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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1967
ABC Stage 67
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1966
The Danny Kaye Show
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1963
The Merv Griffin Show
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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1962
The Mike Douglas Show
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1961
Harry Belafonte in Concert
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1960
Odds Against Tomorrow
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1959
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
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1959
The Bell Telephone Hour
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1959
Aktuelle Schaubude
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1957
Island in the Sun
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1957
The Steve Allen Show
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1956
Tony Awards
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1956
What Am I?
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1955
Carmen Jones
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1954
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
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Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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2002
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
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1993
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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1989
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
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1988
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
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1986
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
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1985
Grambling's White Tiger
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1981
Nationtime
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1972
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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1970
Petula
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1968
The Strolling '20s
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1966
Bright Road
Mr. Williams - School Principal
1953
The Oscars
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1953
General Electric Theater
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1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
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1950
What's My Line?
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1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
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1948