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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, f…
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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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Harry Belafonte's Filmography
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Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
as Self
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
Following Harry
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Night in Pop
as Self (archive footage)
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
as Self
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
as Self
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
as Self - Inductee (archive footage)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
as Self
Sidney
as Self
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
The One and Only Dick Gregory
as Self
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
as Self
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
as Self
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
as Self
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
as Self (archive footage)
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
as Self
The Man Behind the White Guitar
as Self
BlacKkKlansman
as Jerome Turner
Mr. SOUL!
as Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
as Self - Singer
King in the Wilderness
as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
No Poster
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
Året var 1966
as Self (archive footage)
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
as Self
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
JFK: The Private President
as Self
Hava Nagila: The Movie
as Self
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
Sing Your Song
as Self
No Poster
Rise Like Lions
as Self
Mama Africa
as Self (archive footage)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
as Self (voice)
The University of Sing Sing
as Self
Motherland
as Self
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
as Self
Anecdotes about Fidel
Bobby
as Nelson
Mo & Me
Best Ever Muppet Moments
as Self
No Poster
The Peace!
as Self
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
as Self
No Poster
Muppet Music Moments
as Self
The Legendary Nat King Cole
as Self
No Poster
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
as self
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
as Self (archive footage)
The World of Nat King Cole
as Self
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as Self (uncredited)
Altman on His Own Terms
as Self
Swing Vote
as Will Dunn
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
as Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
as Self
Jazz '34
as Self - Narrator
Kansas City
as Seldom Seen
White Man's Burden
as Thaddeus Thomas
Prêt-à-Porter
as Self
The World of Jim Henson
as Self
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
as Self (archive footage)
The Player
as Harry Belafonte
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
We Shall Overcome
as Self - Narrator
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
as Self
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
as Self
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
as Self
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The Muppet Revue
as Self
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
as Self
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
No Poster
Grambling's White Tiger
as Coach Eddie Robinson
No Poster
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
as Self
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
as Self
Uptown Saturday Night
as Geechie Dan Beauford
Free to Be… You and Me
as Self
Nationtime: Gary
as Self
Buck and the Preacher
as Preacher
The Angel Levine
as Alexander Levine
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Petula
as Self
The Strolling '20s
as Self
The Day of the Oath
as Self
No Poster
Harry Belafonte in Concert
as Self
Odds Against Tomorrow
as Johnny Ingram
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
as Ralph Burton
Island in the Sun
as David Boyeur
Carmen Jones
as Joe
Bright Road
as Mr. Williams - School Principal
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
as Self (archive footage)