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Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (born May 26, 1940 - April 19, 2012), was an American rock multi-instrumentalist and actor. He achieved fame as the drummer and frequent lead and backing vocalist for The Band. He is known for his deeply soulful, country-accented voice, and creative drumming style highlighted on many of The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". His 2007 comeback album Dirt Farmer earned the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album in February 2008, and in November of that year, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him #91 in the list of The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. In 2010, Electric Dirt, his 2009 follow-up to Dirt Farmer, won the first ever Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, an inaugural category in 2010.
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Filmography
all 43
Movies 40
self 22
TV Shows 3
Narrator 2
The Dancing Man of L.A. (2021)
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band (2020)
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016)
The Band - Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 (2013)
Ramble At The Ryman (2009)
In the Electric Mist (2009)
Shooter (2007)
Great Drives (2006)
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
Festival Express (2003)
The Band - The Band Is Back (2003)
World Tour 1966: The Home Movies (2003)
Fire Down Below (1997)
Feeling Minnesota (1996)
Roger Waters: The Wall—Live in Berlin (1990)
Staying Together (1989)
The Man Outside (1987)
End of the Line (1987)
The Right Stuff (1983)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1940-05-26
Deathday2012-04-19 (71 years old)
Birth NameMark Lavon Helm
Birth PlaceElaine, Arkansas, USA
ChildrenAmy Helm
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsAmericana Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance, Americana Award for Artist of the Year
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