Harry Belafonte
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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Great Performances
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What's My Line?
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The Steve Allen Show
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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Tony Awards
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Le Grand Échiquier
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The Flip Wilson Show
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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The Danny Kaye Show
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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The Muppet Show
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Magic Man (voice)
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The Bell Telephone Hour
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Numéro un
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Auf los geht's los
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The Oscars
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ABC Stage 67
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Musik liegt in der Luft
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Flitterabend
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Bobby Kennedy for President
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The Julie Andrews Hour
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
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General Electric Theater
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TV Story Superstar
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Tanner on Tanner
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2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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The Player
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Sternstunde Musik
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Jackie Robinson
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Selma
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Prêt-à-Porter
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The Greatest Night in Pop
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Sidney
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We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song
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Jim Henson Idea Man
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I Am Not Your Negro
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Buck and the Preacher
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Altman on His Own Terms
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Grambling's White Tiger
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Island in the Sun
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Night of 100 Stars
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Carmen Jones
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Odds Against Tomorrow
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
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The World of Jim Henson
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Uptown Saturday Night
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?
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King in the Wilderness
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White Man's Burden
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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Sing Your Song
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Mama Africa
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Nationtime
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The One and Only Dick Gregory
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The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert
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Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
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Free to Be… You and Me
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Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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The Colbert Report
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The Peace!
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Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
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Legenden: Audrey Hepburn
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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
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The Madding Crowd
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
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The World of Nat King Cole
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Hava Nagila: The Movie
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The Muppet Revue
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Bright Road
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Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
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Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
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Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady
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The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years
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DAS!
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Året var 1966
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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The Man Behind the White Guitar
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Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald
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Sunday Best
The Unforgettable Nat King Cole
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Best Ever Muppet Moments
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Muppet Music Moments
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JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
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JFK: The Private President
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Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits
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The Strolling '20s
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Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
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Following Harry
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Rise Like Lions
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The Tallest Tree in Our Forest
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The Merv Griffin Show
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Petula
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Anecdotes about Fidel
Mr. SOUL!
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Legendary Nat King Cole
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Jazz '34
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Menschen bei Maischberger
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Harry Belafonte: Between Calypso and Justice
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Vivement dimanche
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Champs-Elysées
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Dom Salvador & The Abolition
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Sabine Christiansen
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Heut' abend
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Harry Belafonte in Concert
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The University of Sing Sing
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Mo & Me
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What Am I?
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Goldene Kamera Verleihung
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V.I.P. Schaukel
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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Hamburg Journal
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Kulturplatz
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Aktuelle Schaubude
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Bei Bio
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Willemsens Woche
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