Sidney Poitier

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Gender	Male
Death	2 years ago
Date of birth	February 20,1927
Zodiac sign	Pisces
Born	Miami
	Florida
	United States
Children	Sydney Tamiia Poitier
	Anika Poitier
	Pamela Poitier
	Sherri Poitier
	Gina Poitier
	Beverly Poitier-Henderson
Spouse	Joanna Shimkus
	Juanita Hardy
Books	The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
Height	189 (cm)
Died	Beverly Hills
	California
	United States
Date of died	January 6,2022
Knighted date	1974
Current partner	Diahann Carroll
Parents	Evelyn Poitier
	Reginald James Poitier
Date of Reg.	2019-02-13 23:05:13
Date of Upd.	2023-08-26 03:51:58
ID	414433

To Sir, with Love
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Lilies of the Field
The Defiant Ones
A Raisin in the Sun
Buck and the Preacher
A Patch of Blue
Blackboard Jungle
Shoot to Kill
The Jackal
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Uptown Saturday Night
A Warm December
Let's Do It Again
Edge of the City
Stir Crazy
No Way Out
For Love of Ivy
The Bedford Incident
The Organization
A Piece of the Action
Duel at Diablo
Something of Value
Mandela and de Klerk
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Separate but Equal
The Long Ships
Ghost Dad
The Slender Thread
Porgy and Bess
The Wilby Conspiracy
Paris Blues
Little Nikita
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Lost Man
Brother John
Children of the Dust
Band of Angels
Hanky Panky
The Last Brickmaker In America
To Sir, with Love II
Pressure Point
The Mark of the Hawk
All the Young Men
Fast Forward
Free of Eden
Good-bye, My Lady
Go Man Go
Red Ball Express
Virgin Island
In the Heat of the Night

Academy Award for Best Actor
Academy Honorary Award
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama
AFI Life Achievement Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
BAFTA Fellowship
Silver Bear for Best Actor
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

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Sidney Poitier Life story

Sidney Poitier KBE was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Sarah Ferguson: Duchess of York names reconstructed breast 'Derek'

Aug 3,2023 3:31 pm

... " Quoting American actor Sidney Poitier s documentary, she said: " Every day I promise to be a better person, " emphasising it is important to be more kind, grateful and listen more...

Jamie Foxx still in hospital a week after admission

Apr 18,2023 5:20 am

... Winfrey, Foxx went on, also arranged a meeting with Sidney Poitier " to make me understand the significance" of being nominated for an Academy Award...

Lulu makes a shout for Glasgow to land Eurovision

Jul 26,2022 8:50 am

... Lulu also famously starred alongside Sidney Poitier in the 1967 film To Sir, with Love, and sang the theme to the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun...

Denzel Washington: I hadn't read or seen Macbeth

Mar 1,2022 3:56 am

... He won best supporting actor for his portrayal of a defiant ex-slave soldier in the 1989 film Glory, and then best actor for playing a corrupt cop in Training Day - making him only the second black man to win that award, after Sidney Poitier...

'He was like a lighthouse' - Sidney Poitier's daughter posts moving tribute

Jan 12,2022 9:25 pm

...Sidney Poitier s daughter has posted a lengthy and emotional tribute to her father after the Hollywood veteran s death last week at the age of 94...

Sidney Poitier: Remembering the Oscar winner and Hollywood trailblazer

Jan 7,2022 11:38 pm

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