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Harry Belafonte

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Harry Belafonte
Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the '70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.
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Is That Black Enough for You?!? (2022)
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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".
BornMarch 1, 1927
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  • Won 1 Primetime Emmy

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Harry Belafonte and Calvin Lockhart in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte and Calvin Lockhart in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Calvin Lockhart, and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Jophery C. Brown, and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte, Jophery C. Brown, and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Jophery C. Brown, and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Harry Belafonte in Nationtime (1972)
Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, and Sidney Poitier in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Known for

Bobby (2006)
Bobby
7.0
  • Nelson
  • 2006
John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman (2018)
BlacKkKlansman
7.5
  • Jerome Turner
  • 2018
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Harry Belafonte, and Miranda Richardson in Kansas City (1996)
Kansas City
6.3
  • Seldom Seen
  • 1996
Harry Belafonte, Mel Ferrer, and Inger Stevens in The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
6.8
  • Ralph Burton
  • 1959

Credits

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Actor

  • John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman (2018)
    BlacKkKlansman
  • Bobby (2006)
    Bobby
  • Desmond Tutu in Breathe (2005)
    Breathe
  • PB&J Otter (1998)
    PB&J Otter
    • (voice)
  • Swing Vote (1999)
    Swing Vote
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh, Harry Belafonte, and Miranda Richardson in Kansas City (1996)
    Kansas City
  • John Travolta and Harry Belafonte in White Man's Burden (1995)
    White Man's Burden
  • Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
    Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
    • (voice)
  • Helena Christensen in Ready to Wear (1994)
    Ready to Wear
  • Tim Robbins in The Player (1992)
    The Player
  • Grambling's White Tiger (1981)
    Grambling's White Tiger
  • Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosalind Cash, Paula Kelly, Calvin Lockhart, Johnny Sekka, and Flip Wilson in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
    Uptown Saturday Night
  • The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (1973)
    The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People
  • Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier in Buck and the Preacher (1972)
    Buck and the Preacher
  • Harry Belafonte in The Angel Levine (1970)
    The Angel Levine

Producer

  • 17 Seventeen (2017)
    17 Seventeen
  • Michael B. Jordan in Against the Wall (2016)
    Against the Wall
  • Parting the Waters
  • An Evening with Harry Belafonte & Friends
  • The Affair (1995)
    The Affair
  • Harry Belafonte in Concert
  • Beat Street (1984)
    Beat Street
    • (produced by)
  • Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier in Buck and the Preacher (1972)
    Buck and the Preacher
    • (uncredited)
  • Harry Belafonte in The Angel Levine (1970)
    The Angel Levine
    • (uncredited)
  • Harry and Lena
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966)
    ABC Stage 67
  • Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, George Kirby, Nipsey Russell, Joe Williams, and Gloria Lynne in The Strolling '20s (1966)
    The Strolling '20s
  • Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, and Robert Ryan in Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
    Odds Against Tomorrow
    • (uncredited)
  • Harry Belafonte, Mel Ferrer, and Inger Stevens in The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
    The World, the Flesh and the Devil
    • (uncredited)

Music Department

  • Beat Street (1984)
    Beat Street
  • The Kate Smith Hour
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Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
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Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
Theatrical Version
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Theatrical Version
U.S. Version
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U.S. Version
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
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William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Uptown Saturday Night
Trailer 2:09
Uptown Saturday Night
The World, The Flesh and The Devil
Trailer 2:13
The World, The Flesh and The Devil

Personal details

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    • March 1, 1927
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • April 12, 2008 - present
    • (Grandchild)
  • Other works
    (1/2/69) Stage: Produced, with Chiz Schultz, Edgar Lansbury and Robert Nemiroff, the Lorraine Hansberry / Robert Nemiroff play "To Be Young, Gifted and Black" on 2 January 1969 at The Cherry Lane Theatre in New York City at the Cherry Lane Theater. NOTE: Filmed as To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972).
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 3 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 10 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    His album "Midnight Special" (1962) featured the first-ever recorded appearance by a then young harmonica player named Bob Dylan.
  • Quotes
    Unless you have had the experience of sitting in a village in war-ravaged Guatemala, or a humble, box-like room in the wretched South African township of Alexandra, or in a dust-covered hovel on a Native American reservation, or in the tin shacks that house the thousands who live desperate lives in East Kingston Jamaica, or in an overcrowded, below-poverty-level dwelling in a Ghetto in New York, Chicago, or Detroit, among people whose lives are dominated by their bitter struggle for existence and some bit of dignity, unless you've seen from these places the looks on the faces of small children as they watched Sesame Street or the Muppets, you'll never really understand what Jim and his colleagues have done for millions of children all over the world, children who have never smiled, nor dared to dream, had it not been for Jim Henson. I come from those places; I know these faces. Through them I came to fully appreciate Jim.
    • Carmen Jones
      (1954)
      $1,800 /week

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