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Pete Seeger

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1919-05-03

Deathday: 2014-01-27 (94 years old)

Biography

Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes.

Filmography

all 83

Movies 70

self 57

TV Shows 13

Pete Seeger

Biography

Filmography

all 83

Movies 70

self 57

TV Shows 13

Director 2

Narrator 1

Down By The Riverside (2023)

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)

Bob Dylan: Busy Being Born (2020)

ReMastered: The Lion's Share (2019)

Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970 (2019)

Rooted in Peace (2016)

Pete and Toshi Get a Camera (2015)

The Winding Stream (2014)

Freedom Summer (2014)

Big Bill Broonzy: The Man who Brought the Blues to Britain (2013)

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation (2013)

Dear Governor Cuomo (2012)

Give Me the Banjo (2011)

Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune (2011)

Gasland (2010)

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009)

Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan (2008)

Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror (2007)

Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007)

Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place (2007)

Woody Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home (2006)

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Isn't This a Time! A Tribute Concert for Harold Leventhal (2004)

Peter, Paul & Mary: Carry It On (2004)

Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974 (2003)

Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (2002)

Strange Fruit (2002)

American Roots Music (2001)

American Roots Music (2001)

A Sigh and a Wish: Helen Creighton's Maritimes (2001)

The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000)

The Internationale (2000)

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)

An Act of Conscience (1997)

Mountain Born: The Jean Ritchie Story (1996)

Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union (1992)

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! (1990)

I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990)

Izzy Young: Talking Folklore Center (1989)

Pete Seeger at Home (1989)

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special (1988)

Dreadful Memories: The Life of Sarah Ogan Gunning (1988)

Chords of Fame (1984)

Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' (1984)

Seeing Red: Stories of American Communists (1983)

Reading Rainbow (1983)

The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time (1982)

Canto Libre - den fria sången (1980)

The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)

Pete Seeger & Arlo Guthrie: Together in Concert (1978)

Love It Like a Fool (1977)

Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration (1977)

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (1977)

Just a Little Love Song (1974)

The Foolish Frog (1971)

The Smothers Brothers Summer Show (1970)

Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

Alice's Restaurant (1969)

The Johnny Cash Show (1969)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Festival (1967)

Silvo (1967)

Afro-American Work Songs in a Texas Prison (1966)

The Creative Person: The Folksinger (1965)

Rainbow Quest (1965)

Singing Fishermen of Ghana (1964)

Tonight in Person (1963)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

The Streets of Greenwood (1962)

Wasn't That a Time (1962)

Lines: Horizontal (1962)

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-05-03

Deathday

2014-01-27 (94 years old)

Birth Name

Peter Seeger

Birth Place

New York City, United States

Religion

Unitarian Universalism

Children

Mika Seeger

Father

Charles Seeger

Mother

Constance de Clyver Edson

Siblings

Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeger

Citizenships

United States

Also Known As

Peter Seeger

Awards

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Schneider Family Book Award, Paul Robeson Award, Library of Congress Living Legend, Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, War Resisters League Peace Award, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Eugene V. Debs Award