Harry Belafonte
Born in New York City, New York, USA — Mar 01 1927• Died Apr 25 2023
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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)",…
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Harry Belafonte's Credits
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Great Performances
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Le Grand Échiquier
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The Steve Allen Show
Self - Singer
The Oscars
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Magic Man (voice)
Numéro un
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The Muppet Show
Self - Special Guest Star
The Kennedy Center Honors
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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The Danny Kaye Show
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The Flip Wilson Show
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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The Bell Telephone Hour
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Auf los geht's los
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ABC Stage 67
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PB&J Otter
The Ice Moose (voice)
The Julie Andrews Hour
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BlacKkKlansman
Jerome Turner
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Flitterabend
Self - Singer
TV Story Superstar
Self (archive footage)
Musik liegt in der Luft
Self - Singer
The Player
Harry Belafonte
Tanner on Tanner
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Night of 100 Stars
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
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General Electric Theater
Vince
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
Bobby
Nelson
Sternstunde Musik
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Prêt-à-Porter
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The Greatest Night in Pop
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Self (archive footage)
Jackie Robinson
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Bobby Kennedy for President
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Carmen Jones
Joe
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Swing Vote
Will Dunn
Sidney
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Odds Against Tomorrow
Johnny Ingram
White Man's Burden
Thaddeus Thomas
Beat Street
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self - Inductee (archive footage)
The Affair
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Self (archive footage)
Buck and the Preacher
Preacher
The Peace!
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Mr. SOUL!
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The World of Jim Henson
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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Uptown Saturday Night
Geechie Dan Beauford
Kansas City
Seldom Seen
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
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The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
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Free to Be… You and Me
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
Self (voice)
Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Self (uncredited)
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Self (archive footage)
Nationtime
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Best Ever Muppet Moments
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Altman on His Own Terms
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The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Ralph Burton
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
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The World of Nat King Cole
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King Leopold’s Ghost
Production
Island in the Sun
David Boyeur
Muppet Music Moments
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Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
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The Angel Levine
Alexander Levine
Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
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Grambling's White Tiger
Coach Eddie Robinson
Motherland
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King in the Wilderness
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Sing Your Song
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The One and Only Dick Gregory
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Bright Road
Mr. Williams - School Principal
Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
Self - Singer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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The Muppet Revue
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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The Royal Variety Performance 1977
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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
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Mama Africa
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
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CIRILO, A Legacy Untold
American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
Sound
The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
Nana Mouskouri, Momente ihres Lebens
Self (archive footage)
Following Harry
Self (archive footage)
Rise Like Lions
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Hava Nagila: The Movie
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Petula
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The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
Self (archive footage)
The Day of the Oath
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
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JFK: The Private President
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Haiti: Killing the Dream
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The Strolling '20s
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The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
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The Legendary Nat King Cole
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Jazz '34
Self - Narrator
The University of Sing Sing
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Året var 1966
Self (archive footage)
Anecdotes about Fidel
Harry Belafonte in Concert
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Dom Salvador & The Abolition
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Mo & Me
The Man Behind the White Guitar
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Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
Self - Subject (archive footage)
We Shall Overcome
Self - Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter