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Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-03-01
- event Death Date 2023-04-25
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 16.6
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Harry Belafonte
7.2
The Player
1992-04-03
6.4
Bobby
2006-09-05
6.3
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1959-05-01
6.3
Kansas City
1996-08-16
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995-12-01
0
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
2018-03-22
6.1
Buck and the Preacher
1972-03-17
6.7
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959-10-15
7.1
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
2004-07-14
6.6
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990-11-21
6.2
Uptown Saturday Night
1974-07-26
6.5
Island in the Sun
1957-06-12
0
Sunday Best
2023-06-11
0
Harry Belafonte in Concert
1960-07-30
5.9
Carmen Jones
1954-10-28
0
The Muppet Revue
1985-04-16
0
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
2005-08-01
6.9
Sing Your Song
2012-01-13
10
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013-01-01
0
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023-03-12
0
Rise Like Lions
2011-10-12
0
The Legendary Nat King Cole
2004-10-05
6.3
Bright Road
1953-04-17
6.4
Mama Africa
2011-08-12
5
The Peace!
2005-09-20
7
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012-07-19
6.5
Jazz '34
1997-01-29
7
Moms Mabley
2013-04-20
5.2
Prêt-à-Porter
1994-12-23
5.8
The Angel Levine
1970-07-28
8
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
1997-03-21
8.2
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
2022-07-22
7.8
Sidney
2022-09-10
6.8
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
2012-03-20
7.4
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022-10-09
0
Mo & Me
2006-03-16
5.5
Swing Vote
1999-04-19
6.1
Free to Be… You and Me
1974-03-11
6
The University of Sing Sing
2011-04-01
0
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
8
The Greatest Night in Pop
2024-01-19
8.8
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2022-11-19
10
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
1988-01-01
0
Muppet Music Moments
2004-11-20
0
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
1989-01-01
0
The Man Behind the White Guitar
2019-06-10
0
Following Harry
2024-06-14
7.9
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024-05-18
7
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970-03-24
7.7
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011-04-01
0
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009-01-01
0
JFK: The Private President
2013-01-01
0
The Strolling '20s
1966-02-04
7
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
2014-05-13
4
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004-01-01
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017-10-14
0
Grambling's White Tiger
1981-10-04
0
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018-04-04
7
King in the Wilderness
2018-01-22
2
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
2002-12-04
0
The World of Nat King Cole
2004-06-15
0
Petula
1968-04-02
7.6
BlacKkKlansman
2018-08-09
0
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
1993-07-01
0
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015-09-13
5
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986-01-21
7.3
The World of Jim Henson
1994-11-23
6
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006-03-11
8.5
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
1985-01-28
0
Nationtime
1972-11-01
1.5
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
2014-06-22
3
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
2020-09-09
7.5
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
2020-04-15
0
The Madding Crowd
2017-02-01
7.4
Selma
2014-12-25
7
Mr. SOUL!
2018-04-27
7.8
I Am Not Your Negro
2017-02-03
0
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
2017-05-23
0
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
1999-02-24
7.8
The One and Only Dick Gregory
2021-06-19
6
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
0
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
1977-01-01
7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
0
Bei Bio
1983-03-10
5.3
The Merv Griffin Show
1962-10-01
6.2
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979-01-28
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
6.9
The Colbert Report
2005-10-17
8.1
The Muppet Show
1976-09-05
6.5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09
4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970-09-17
5.7
ABC Stage 67
1966-09-14
4.5
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973-04-02
4
The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24
7
The Oscars
1953-03-19
7.2
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978-12-28
6
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959-01-12
6.9
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967-02-05
4.9
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
7.4
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
5.5
Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
0
Tanner on Tanner
2004-10-05
7.6
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21
8
Jackie Robinson
2016-04-11
6
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971-05-09
6.6
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995-03-12
7.8
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018-04-27
0
TV Story Superstar
2020-01-23
6
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972-09-13
0
Flitterabend
1988-12-01
3.2
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-06-10
0
Musik liegt in der Luft
1991-02-02
8
Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12
3.5
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
1966-01-25
0
Auf los geht's los
1977-01-22
5
Tony Awards
1956-04-01
7
PB&J Otter
1998-03-15
6
Numéro un
1975-04-05
4.5
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003-09-02
6.6
What's My Line?
1950-02-02
6.5
Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16
6.9
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967-02-05
6.6
The Dick Cavett Show
1968-06-06
0
Sabine Christiansen
1998-01-04
4.8
DAS!
1991-01-02
6
Kulturplatz
2004-09-01
0
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002-04-09
0
Willemsens Woche
1995-01-13
6
Aktuelle Schaubude
1957-12-07
0
Club 2
1976-11-01
2.8
Vivement dimanche
1998-09-20
4.9
Great Performances
1971-01-28
0
Hamburg Journal
2011-04-15
6.3
The Danny Kaye Show
1963-09-25
6.5
Was bin ich?
1955-01-02
0
Heut' abend
1980-02-03
