Harry Belafonte
Birthdate: Mar 1, 1927
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Died: Apr 25, 2023
Harold George Belafonte was born on March 1, 1927 in New York City. He was educated at the New York Dramatic Workshop. He grew up in Jamaica, British West Indies, and did folk-singing in nightclubs and theaters, and on television and records. His debut was at the Village Vanguard in New York. Also, he appeared in the Broadway revues "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" and "Three for Tonight". He owns his own music publishing firm and film production company. He won a Tony Award in 1953, a Donaldson Award in 1953-1954, a Show Business Award in 1954, a Diners' Club Award in 1955-1956, and an Emmy Award for "Tonight with Belafonte". He has made many records. Joining the ASCAP in 1960, his popular-music compositions include "Turn Around", "Shake That Little Foot" and "Glory Manger".
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Harry Belafonte Movies
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- 2024 | Following Harry
- 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop
- 2023 | Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
- 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
- 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback
- 2023 | Sunday Best
- 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!?
- 2022 |
- 2021 | Conversations: The Black Radical Tradition
- 2021 | Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy
- 2021 | Song for Cesar
- 2021 | The One and Only Dick Gregory
- 2020 | Shared Legacies
- 2020 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show
- 2020 | Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
- 2019 | A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps
- 2019 | The Man Behind the White Guitar
- 2018 | Mr. Soul!
- 2018 | Sweet Auburn Blues
- 2017 | Richard G. Hatcher: Civil Rights Activist, Lawyer & Politician
- 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
- 2017 | Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart
- 2017 |
I Am Not Your Negro
asSelf
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
- 2015 | Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
- 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
- 2014 | Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark
- 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
- 2012 | Hava Nagila
- 2012 | The Last White Knight
- 2012 | Under African Skies
- 2011 | Sing Your Song
- 2011 | Rise Like Lions
- 2011 | Zero Percent
- 2011 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
- 2018 |
- 2010 | Motherland
- 2010 | When I Rise
- 2009 | American Renegade: Confessions of a Radical Humanist
- 2009 | William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
- 2006 | Mo & Me
- 2006 | Soweto Bluesas Interview 2
- 2006 | Bobbyas Nelson
- 2004 | Conakry Kas
- 2004 | Laddersas Narrator
- 2003 | Calypso Dreams
- 2001 | Fidel
- 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
- 1998 | The Last Days of Kennedy and King
- 1996 | Kansas Cityas Seldom Seen
- 1995 | Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream
- 1995 | White Man's Burdenas Thaddeus
- 1990 | I'm a Negro - I'm an American
- 1989 | We Shall Overcomeas Narrator
- 1988 | First Lookas Narrator
- 1984 | Der schönste Traum
- 1984 | Beat Street
- 1983 | Sag nein
- 1982 | A veces miro mi vida
- 1981 | Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
- 1974 | Uptown Saturday Nightas Geechie Dan Beauford
- 1972 | Buck and the Preacheras Preacher
- 1972 | Nationtime
- 1970 | The Angel Levineas Alexander Levine
- 1969 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
- 1959 | Odds Against Tomorrowas Ingram
- 1959 | The World, the Flesh and the Devilas Ralph Burton
- 1957 | Island in the Sunas David Boyeur
- 1954 | Carmen Jonesas Joe
- 1953 | Bright Roadas Mr. Williams - School Principal
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