Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Born 03/01/1927
New York City, New York, USA

Died 04/25/2023 (96 years old)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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Harry Belafonte has been called “the consummate entertainer”: a concert singer, a recording artist, a movie star, a Broadway and television star and a producer. Belafonte’s activity in the human rights struggle is equally respected. His awards and recognitions encompass both worlds, as artist and humanitarian. Belafonte was born in Harlem in New York City. It wasn’t until he was called upon to star in the American Negro Theatre production of Sean O’Casey’s “Juno… (more)

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Interview 5 - Harry Belafonte

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Actor

Movies
2018

BlacKkKlansman

2006

Bobby

1999

Swing Vote (TV movie)

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1997

G.I. Bill: The Law That Changed America, The (TV movie)

1996

Kansas City

1995

White Man's Burden

1994

Ready to Wear

 

The World of Jim Henson (TV movie)

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1992

The Player

1984

Routes of Rhythm (TV movie)

1982

A veces miro mi vida

1981

Grambling's White Tiger (TV movie)

1974

Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie) - a.f.

 

Free to Be... You & Me (TV movie)

 

Uptown Saturday Night

1972

Buck and the Preacher

1970

The Angel Levine

1969

World in Music, A (TV movie)

1968

Petula (TV movie)

1959

Odds Against Tomorrow

 

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1957

Island in the Sun

1954

Carmen Jones

1953

Bright Road

Documentaries
2024

The Greatest Night in Pop - a.f.

2023

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes

 

See It Loud: The History of Black Television (series) - a.f.

 

Sunday Best

2022

Harry Belafonte – zwischen Calypso und Gerechtigkeit (TV movie) - a.f.

 

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

 

Legenden - Harry Belafonte (TV movie) - a.f.

 

Sidney

2021

Lead Belly: Life, Legend, Legacy

 

The One and Only Dick Gregory

2020

Shared Legacies

 

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

2018

Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (series)

 

Legends and Pioneers (E01)

 

John F. Kennedy Galakonzert 1961 (TV movie) - a.f.

 

Mr. Soul (TV movie)

2017

Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

 

Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart

2016

I Am Not Your Negro - a.f.

2014

Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity

 

Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark

 

The Sixties (series) - a.f.

 

When Television Came of Age - a.f. (E01)

2013

Last White Knight, The

 

Moms Mabley: I Got Somethin' to Tell You

 

The '80s: The Decade That Made Us (series)

 

The March (TV movie)

2012

Hava Nagila: The Movie

 

OnePeople: The Celebration

 

Under African Skies

2011

Mama Africa - a.f.

 

Sing Your Song

 

The Black Power Mixtape

 

The University of Sing Sing

 

Tony Curtis, Driven to Stardom

2010

Motherland

 

When I Rise

2009

Soundtrack for a Revolution

 

William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe

2008

The Power of Their Song: The Untold Story of Latin America's New Song Movement

2006

Mo & Me

 

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (series)

2005

The Peace!

2004

Conakry Kas

2003

A Century of Black Cinema - a.f.

 

Get Up, Stand Up (series)

2002

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (TV movie)

2001

Fidel

 

Nightclub Years, The (TV movie)

 

Power of Peace (series)

1996

Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter (TV movie)

 

Jazz '34

1995

Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream

1990

Eyes on the Prize II (series)

 

Intimate Portrait (series)

 

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (TV movie)

1989

We Shall Overcome

1988

First Look - narrator

 

Freedomfest: Nelson Mandela's 70th Birthday Celebratation (concert)

1986

All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr., An (concert)

1985

The Rock 'n' Roll Years (series) - a.f.

1984

Der schönste Traum

1983

Drei Lieder

 

Sag nein

1972

Nationtime - Gary

1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

 

World of Love, A (TV movie)

1957

Heart of Show Business, The

Music videos
1985

USA for Africa: We Are the World

Concerts
1985

We Are the World

Producer

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