Sidney Poitier
February 20 1927 January 6 2022 was a Bahamian and American actor film director and diplomat. 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.
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. Sir Sidney Poitier KBE February 20 1927 January 6 2022 was an American -born Bahamian actor movie director author and diplomat. In 1964 he was the first African American actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island Bahamas although born two months prematurely in Miami during a visit by his parents Evelyn Outten and Reginald James Poitier.
He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers with his father also driving a cab in Nassau. He was best known for his groundbreaking and trailblazing work in the 1950s and 1960s. LOS ANGELES Sidney Poitier the renowned actor director and activist died of a combination of heart failure Alzheimers dementia and prostate cancer according to his death certificate.
The legendary entertainer who was the first black man to win the Academy Award for. Sidney Poitier KBE ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ PWAH-tyay. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award BAFTA and a.
He won several prestigious awards including the Oscar for Best Actor in 1963 for his role in Lilies of the Field. He became a star in American movies and plays which went against racial stereotypes and made black actors more respected in mainstream roles. Sidney Poitier was an actor director activist and ambassador.
From 1997 through 2007 he was the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. Poitier was an outstanding actor. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1974 in recognition of his lifetime of achievements.
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