| 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
RFK Memorial Board of Directors
TransAfrica Forum Board of Directors
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Grammy 1985
Kennedy Center Honor 1989
Tony
Emmy
National Medal of Arts 1994
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6721 Hollywood Blvd (recordings)
Jamaican Ancestry Maternal
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer, Dyslexia
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Bobby (5-Sep-2006)
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
Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)
Odds Against Tomorrow (15-Oct-1959)
The World, the Flesh and the Devil (20-May-1959)
Island in the Sun (12-Jun-1957)
Carmen Jones (5-Oct-1954)
Bright Road (17-Apr-1953)
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