Sidney Poitier

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At 23 years old Mr. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York.

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He was married to Juanita Hardy.

. Poitier showed acting brillliance beyond his years. Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes in 1957s Edge of the City Getty Images. While Poitiers career is legendary his private life wasnt as glamorous.

Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in an attempt to get discharged. Sid Poitier has always had a quiet dignity and elegance and his performances have been consistently excellent. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94.

Sidney Poitier who has died aged 94 was the first black actor to win an Oscar in a leading role in 1964 for his performance in Lilies of the Field. The wonderful Sidney Poitier made his fim debut auspiciously in the 1950 Joe Mankiewicz drama No Way Out. 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.

CNN Sidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar has died. This simple story about a handyman helping. The news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from the world of.

This brilliance continued over a 50 year film career. 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. 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.

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