Harry Belafonte
Acting
- Born:
- 1927-03-01
- Died:
- 2023-04-25
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Dangerous Citizen: The Life and Times of Abraham Polonsky
CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
Hollywood Black
Following Harry
Jim Henson Idea Man
The Greatest Night in Pop
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Sidney
Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
The One and Only Dick Gregory
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
Dom Salvador & The Abolition
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance
TV Story Superstar
The Man Behind the White Guitar
BlacKkKlansman
Mr. SOUL!
Bobby Kennedy for President
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
King in the Wilderness
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
The Madding Crowd
Jackie Robinson
Året var 1966
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Sternstunde Musik
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
JFK: The Private President
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
Sing Your Song
Rise Like Lions
Mama Africa
Hamburg Journal
The University of Sing Sing
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Motherland
Anecdotes about Fidel
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
Bobby
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Mo & Me
Best Ever Muppet Moments
The Colbert Report
The Peace!
Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
Muppet Music Moments
The Legendary Nat King Cole
Tanner on Tanner
Donald McKayle: Heartbeats of a DanceMaker
Kulturplatz
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
The World of Nat King Cole
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Menschen bei Maischberger
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Democracy Now!
Altman on His Own Terms
Swing Vote
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Vivement dimanche
PB&J Otter
Sabine Christiansen
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
Jazz '34
Kansas City
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
White Man's Burden
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Willemsens Woche
Prêt-à-Porter
The World of Jim Henson
The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
The Player
Musik liegt in der Luft
DAS!
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
We Shall Overcome
Nase vorn
Flitterabend
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
Sacrée soirée
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The Muppet Revue
We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
Goldene Kamera
Bei Bio
Night of 100 Stars
Champs-Elysées
Grambling's White Tiger
Wetten, dass..?
Heut' abend
CBS News Sunday Morning
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
Auf los geht's los
The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
Club 2
The Muppet Show
Numéro un
Uptown Saturday Night
Free to Be… You and Me
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Nationtime: Gary
The Julie Andrews Hour
Buck and the Preacher
Le Grand Échiquier
V.I.P. Schaukel
Great Performances
The Flip Wilson Show
The Angel Levine
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Dick Cavett Show
Petula
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
ABC Stage 67
The Strolling '20s
The Day of the Oath
The Danny Kaye Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Harry Belafonte in Concert
Odds Against Tomorrow
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
The Bell Telephone Hour
Aktuelle Schaubude
Island in the Sun
The Steve Allen Show
Tony Awards
Was bin ich?
Carmen Jones
Bright Road
The Oscars
General Electric Theater
The Colgate Comedy Hour
What's My Line?
The Ed Sullivan Show
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits