Sidney Poitier

This brilliance continued over a 50 year film career. At 23 years old Mr.

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. The news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from the world of entertainment. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar. His breakthrough role was Blackboard Jungle in 1955 it was the first of many in his prolific career.

Sid Poitier has always had a quiet dignity and elegance and his performances have been consistently excellent. 2 days agoSidney Poitier the beloved Oscar-winning actor has died. In November 1943 16-year-old Sidney Poitier lied about his age and entered the Army as he was homeless and the military took him in out of the cold.

2 days agoLegendary actor Sidney Poitier whose 71-year career included iconic roles in the classic Hollywood films A Raisin in the Sun Guess Whos Coming to Dinner and Uptown Saturday Night has. 2 days agoSidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Leading Actor. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94.

The wonderful Sidney Poitier made his fim debut auspiciously in the 1950 Joe Mankiewicz drama No Way Out. This is a breaking news story. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York.

He won the Best Leading Actor Oscar at the 36th Academy Awards for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. Poitier showed acting brillliance beyond his years. The stars death was confirmed to Fox News on Friday by the Bahamas Foreign Affairs office.

2 days agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to. Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in.

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