Harry Belafonte

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actor civil rights activist film producer human philanthropist singer television producer

Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist renowned as the "King of Calypso" and a prominent voice in social justice movements.

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
awardReceived Emmy Award ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Tony Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath congestive heart failure ⓘ
child Shari Belafonte ⓘ
surface form: Adrienne Belafonte

David Belafonte ⓘ
Gina Belafonte ⓘ
Shari Belafonte ⓘ
closeCollaborator Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-03-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2023-04-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Dramatic Workshop of the New School ⓘ
New School for Social Research ⓘ
surface form: The New School
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
familyName Bellanfanti ⓘ
fullName Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. ⓘ
genre calypso ⓘ
folk music ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
world music ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
influencedBy Paul Robeson ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
militaryService United States Navy ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
nickname King of Calypso ⓘ
notableAchievement first solo artist to sell over one million copies of an LP with the album Calypso ⓘ
popularized calypso music internationally in the 1950s ⓘ
notableWork Banana Boat Song (Day-O) ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher ⓘ
Calypso ⓘ
Carmen Jones ⓘ
Island in the Sun ⓘ
Jamaica Farewell ⓘ
Jump in the Line ⓘ
Odds Against Tomorrow ⓘ
The Harry Belafonte Show ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
television producer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Harlem ⓘ
surface form: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld UN Goodwill Ambassador ⓘ
surface form: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
recordLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
spouse Julie Robinson ⓘ
Marguerite Byrd ⓘ
Pamela Frank ⓘ
stageName Harry Belafonte self-link ⓘ
supportedCause anti-apartheid movement in South Africa ⓘ
global poverty alleviation ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ

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Ambassador of Conscience Award → hasRecipient → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
American folk music revival → hasNotableFigure → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award → notableRecipient → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Harry Belafonte → stageName → Harry Belafonte self-link ⓘ
Humanitarian Award → hasRecipient → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
If I Had a Hammer → recordedBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? → notableCoverArtist → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Odetta → influenced → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Ripple of Hope Award → notableRecipient → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The World, the Flesh and the Devil → starring → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
6 Foot 7 Foot → sampleSourcePerformer → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Miriam Makeba → collaboratedWith → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
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King of Calypso → refersTo → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
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Banana Boat Song (Day-O) → popularizedBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Jamaica Farewell → popularizedBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
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Jamaica Farewell → firstPopularRecordingBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Jamaica Farewell → associatedWithArtist → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Jump in the Line → popularizedBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Jump in the Line → performer → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The Harry Belafonte Show → hostedBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The Harry Belafonte Show → presenter → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The Harry Belafonte Show → starred → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The Harry Belafonte Show → associatedWith → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The Harry Belafonte Show → namedAfter → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Carmen Jones → stars → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Carmen Jones → leadActor → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Island in the Sun → artist → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Island in the Sun → performer → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Island in the Sun → hasPerformer → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Island in the Sun → isSignatureSongOf → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Odds Against Tomorrow → producer → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Odds Against Tomorrow → starring → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Odds Against Tomorrow → leadActor → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → coStar → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → producer → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → leadActor → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night → starring → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Shari Belafonte → father → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Dramatic Workshop of the New School → notableStudent → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
David Belafonte → father → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
David Belafonte → notableRelative → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Harold George Bellanfanti Jr. → stageName → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Bellanfanti → usedAsBirthSurnameOf → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Bellanfanti → associatedWithPerson → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Gina Belafonte → parent → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
The Circle Game → hasVersionRecordedBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ
Circle Game → hasCoverVersionBy → Harry Belafonte ⓘ