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Harry Belafonte is an American actor, singer, and social activist. His estimated net worth is $28 million. Harry had a dazzling film and recording career. The old African American entertainer is famous as "The King of the Calypso."
Harry was born as Harold George Belafonte, Jr. on March 1, 1927, in the poverty-stricken Harlem, New York City from first-generation Jamaican immigrants. Belafonte went with his mother back to Jamaica when he was eight years old. He returned to New York when he became thirteen. He enlisted in the navy and dropped out midway through high school. After his discharge, the young man performed and studied and at the Actors Studio, The American Negro Theater, and Erwin Piscator's Dramatic Workshop at the New School for Social Research. He found a unique niche by studying West Indian music and delving headfirst into the Library of Congress's archive of folk song recordings. He emerged with a highly unique blend of jazz, pop, and traditional Caribbean rhythms.
Belafonte is famous for singing the "Banana Boat Song" with the signature lyric "Day-O." He advocated for humanitarian causes and civil rights and became a vocal critic of the George W. Bush's policies. He was able to accumulate tons of honors and awards from a variety of political and social-service organizations.
Earnings & Financial Data
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Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2016 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Harry Belafonte's upstate home at Chatham in upstate New York |
$2,900,000 |
|
2006 |
Asset |
Purchase value of adjacent units located in the fourth floor of Apple Bank building in Manhattan, New York |
$5,000,000 |
|
2006 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Bobby as Nelson |
$20,700,000 |
|
2005 |
Sale of Asset |
Selling price of Harry Belafonte's 17-room apartment in West End Avenue, New York to heiress Abigail Disney |
$10,750,000 |
|
1996 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Kansas City as Seldom Seen |
$1,360,000 |
|
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie White Man's Burden as Thaddeus Thomas |
$3,730,000 |
|
1992 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Player as himself |
$21,700,000 |
|
1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Worldwide box office sales of the movie Beat Street as the film's producer |
$16,600,000 |
|
1961 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Jump Up Calypso (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1960 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1959 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the live album Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1957 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album An Evening with Belafonte (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1956 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Calypso (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1955 |
Record Sales |
Record sales of the album Belafonte (approximately 500 thousand copies sold) |
$650,000 |
|
1953 |
Salary |
Salary per week from the movie Carmen Jones as Joe |
$1,500 |