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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier on March 21, 1972. Associated Press Before I learned Sidney Poitier was a great actor, I learned he was important, with a capital "I."
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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, Oscar Winner Who Helped Tear Down Racial Barriers, Dies at 94. Sidney Poitier, whose dignity and self-assertion ushered in a new era in the depiction of African-Americans in ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Actor Sidney Poitier has died at 94 Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to ...
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Sidney Poitier (1927–2022) was an actor and director. He was best known for his groundbreaking and trailblazing work in the 1950s and 1960s. His breakthrough performances in film include The Defiant Ones (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Paris Blues (1961), Lilies of the Field (1963), A Patch of Blue (1965), To Sir ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award — he won in 1964 for 'Lilies in the Field,' and received an honorary Oscar in 2002 for his body of work.
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Sidney Poitier. Both an esteemed actor and a respected humanitarian, Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963) and an Honorary Award presented in 2001. Born in Miami, he grew up both in the Bahamas and the United States and became a noted actor both on the stage and in such films as The Defiant Ones ...
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, the trailblazing actor and activist who became the first Black man to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards, has died.He was 94. A source close to Poitier’s family confirmed the ...
