| Harry Belafonte  AKA Harold George Belafonte
Born: 1-Mar-1927
Birthplace: Harlem, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer/Songwriter, Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Calypso singer Military service: US Navy (1943-45) Father: Harold George Belafonte, Sr.
Mother: Malvene Love Wright
Wife: Frances Marguerite Byrd (m. 18-Jun-1948, div. 28-Feb-1957, two daughters)
Daughter: Adrienne (b. 1949)
Daughter: Shari Belafonte (actress, b. 1954)
Wife: Julie Robinson (m. 8-Mar-1957, one son, one daughter)
Son: David (b. 1957)
Daughter: Gina (b. 1961)
High School: George Washington High School, New York City, NY
University: Drama Workship, New School for Social Research (1946-48)
amfAR Board of Directors
Drug Policy Alliance Honorary Board
Institute for Policy Studies Board of Trustees
Peace Corps Cultural Advisor
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights Board Member
RFK Memorial Board of Directors
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Major financial backer
TransAfrica Forum Board of Directors
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Grammy 1985
Kennedy Center Honor 1989
Tony
Emmy
National Medal of Arts 1994
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6721 Hollywood Blvd. (recordings)
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Spingarn Medal 2013
Funeral: Martin Luther King (1968)
Prostate Surgery
Jamaican Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer, Dyslexia
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
BlacKkKlansman (14-May-2018)
Birth of the Living Dead (18-Oct-2013) · Himself
The Last White Knight (11-Sep-2012) · Himself
Hava Nagila: The Movie (19-Jul-2012) · Himself
Under African Skies (22-Jan-2012) · Himself
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Feb-2011)
Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song (Jan-2011) · Himself
Soundtrack for a Revolution (24-Apr-2009) · Himself
Bobby (5-Sep-2006)
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (16-Aug-2006) · Himself
Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004) · Himself
Fidel (2-Aug-2001) · Himself
Swing Vote (19-Apr-1999)
Kansas City (15-May-1996)
White Man's Burden (05-Oct-1995)
Prêt-à-Porter (25-Dec-1994) · Himself
The Player (3-Apr-1992) · Himself
We Are the World (28-Jan-1985) · Himself
Grambling's White Tiger (4-Oct-1981)
Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972) · Preacher
The Angel Levine (28-Jul-1970) · Levine
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (24-Mar-1970) · Himself
Odds Against Tomorrow (15-Oct-1959) · Ingram
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (20-May-1959) · Ralph Burton
Island in the Sun (12-Jun-1957)
Carmen Jones (5-Oct-1954) · Joe
Bright Road (17-Apr-1953) · School Principal
Author of books:
My Song: A Memoir (2011, memoir)
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