Harry Belafonte
American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927-2023) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 96
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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2023Died25 April 20232022Rock and Roll Hall of FameAward2017Four Freedoms Award - Freedom MedalAward2014Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardAward2013Ambassador of Conscience AwardAward2012Spingarn MedalAward2002Bishop John T. Walker Distinguished Humanitarian Service AwardAward2000Grammy Lifetime Achievement AwardAward1994National Medal of ArtsAward1990Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAward1989Kennedy Center HonorsAward1979Paul Robeson AwardAward1960Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Performance in a Variety or Music ProgramAward1954Theatre World AwardAwardTony Award for Best Featured Actor in a MusicalAward1927Born1 March 1927
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Robert Altman Directed The Player and Kansas City
Paul Robeson Mentored Harry
Erwin Piscator Taught Harry
Sidney Poitier Directed Buck and the Preacher (1973)
Dorothy Dandridge Also in Carmen Jones and Bright Road
Milo O'Shea Harry produced The Angel Levine (1970)
Oprah Winfrey Produced Selma (2014)
Julia Roberts Also in The Player and Prêt-à-Porter
Cher Also in The Player and Prêt-à-Porter
Martin Sheen Also in Selma and Bobby
Eli Wallach Harry produced The Angel Levine (1970)
Ned Beatty Harry produced The Affair (1995)
Ava DuVernay Directed Selma (2014)
Zero Mostel Harry produced The Angel Levine (1970)
Ida Kamińska Harry produced The Angel Levine (1970)
Inger Stevens Harry produced The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Lyle Lovett Also in The Player and Prêt-à-Porter
David Brown Produced The Player (1992)
Hugo Montenegro Produced Midnight Special (1962)
Henri René Produced An Evening with Belafonte (1957)
Sol C. Siegel Produced The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
George Englund Produced The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)- Ranald MacDougall Directed The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
Ed Bass Produced Bobby (2007)
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Belafonte with Nat King Cole in 1957
Harry Belafonte in John Murray Anderson's Almanac on Broadway, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1954
With Julie Andrews on the NBC special An Evening with Julie Andrews and Harry Belafonte (1969)
Belafonte performing in 1983
Belafonte in 1996
Belafonte at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival
Belafonte at the 2011 ViennaleAwards
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Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2023 · aged 96
