Who is Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier ( PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) 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. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.Poitier's family lived in the Bahamas, then still a Crown colony, but he was born unexpectedly in Miami, Florida, while they were visiting, which automatically granted him U.S. citizenship. He grew up in the Bahamas, but moved to Miami at age 15, and to New York City when he was 16. He joined the American Negro Theatre,...Read Full Biography of Sidney Poitier
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- I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.
- But my dad also was a remarkable man, a good person, a principled individual, a man of integrity.
- My father was the quintessential husband and dad.
- I come from a great family. I've seen family life and I know how wonderful, how nurturing, and how wonderful it can be.
- So I'm OK with myself, with history, my work, who I am and who I was.
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Arikaftermath: sidney poitier was a dreamboat.Erosen1: 2/2 among bailey's screen credits was the role of frankie in carmen jones,which had her rendition of the song “beat out that rhythm on the drum.”she played maria in the film version of porgy & bess w/ sidney poitier & dorothy dandridge. in the 70s she starred in her own tv shows.
Carogranner: i wonder about the butterfly effect that would have resulted from sidney poitier taking martin sheen's role on the west wing
Dtnetiquette: i always wanted to be someone better the next day than i was the day before. ~ sidney poitier
Therobcee: a german adaptation of the sidney poitier film about an american teacher in a foreign country called to herr with love.
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