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Harry Belafonte

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American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927-2023)

United StatesMusiciansLived 1927 to 2023 · aged 96
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Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.

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Belafonte with Nat King Cole in 1957Belafonte with Nat King Cole in 1957Harry Belafonte in John Murray Anderson's Almanac on Broadway, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954Harry Belafonte in John Murray Anderson's Almanac on Broadway, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954With Julie Andrews on the NBC special An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte (1969)With Julie Andrews on the NBC special An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte (1969)Belafonte performing in 1983Belafonte performing in 1983Belafonte in 1996Belafonte in 1996Belafonte at the 2011 Berlin Film FestivalBelafonte at the 2011 Berlin Film FestivalBelafonte at the 2011 ViennaleBelafonte at the 2011 Viennale

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Awards 20

2022Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
2017Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal
2014Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
2013Ambassador of Conscience Award
2012Spingarn Medal
2002Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service Award
2000Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
1998Marian Anderson Award
1994National Medal of Arts
1990honorary degree from Spelman College
1989Kennedy Center Honors
1979Paul Robeson Award
1960Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1954Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
1954Theatre World Award
Library of Congress Living Legend
NAACP Image Award - Chairman's Award
Order of Jamaica
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2023 · aged 96
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32 languages

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