1 day 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. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York.
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Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood icon director and activist who commanded the screen reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in.
. 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. 1 day agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to. 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.
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. The news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94.
Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in an attempt to get discharged.
