sydney poitier

This brilliance continued over a 50 year film career. Poitier showed acting brillliance beyond his years.

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Sid Poitier has always had a quiet dignity and elegance and his performances have been consistently excellent.

. 1 day agoSidney Poitiers career was marked by numerous honors and distinctions. 1 day agoSidney Poitier Patric Knowles and Yvonne De Carlo in Band of Angels FilmPublicityArchiveUnited Arch As she described it was a difficult time in. The wonderful Sidney Poitier made his fim debut auspiciously in the 1950 Joe Mankiewicz drama No Way Out.

At 23 years old Mr. Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood actor director and activist who commanded the screen reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in. Poitier was 44 years old at the time.

He redefined the portrayal of Black Americans in Hollywood films. The actor director civil rights activist and ambassador. With the death of Maximilian Schell on February 1 2014 he is the earliest surviving actor to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

1 day agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to. 1 day agoSidney Poitier Pioneering Actor Dies at 94 Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor for Lilies of the Field and helped open the door for Black. He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964.

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