Sidney Poitier

He won the Best Leading Actor Oscar at the 36th Academy Awards for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. Upon learning of his death tributes immediately.

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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.

. 19 hours agoSidney Poitier Will Forever Be an Icon. 1 day agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to. Poitier was 44 years old at the time.

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 ethnicity is Afro-Bahamian. 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.

Sidney Poitier has died aged 94. Sidney Poitier was born Sir Sidney Poiter to mother Evelyn and father Reginald James Poitier on February 20 1927. The world is saddened by the news of the death of Sidney Poitier.

His parents were the poor Bahamian farmers who lived in Cat Island and used to sell tomatoes in Miami. He was born in Miami when his parents were there to sell off their tomatoes. 1 day agoSidney Poitier and John Cassavetes in 1957s Edge of the City Getty Images While Poitiers career is legendary his private life wasnt as glamorous.

In the Heat of the Night. He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964. He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to Miami to live with his brother in order.

1 day agoSidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Leading Actor. The late actor died at age 94 on Jan. His breakthrough role was Blackboard Jungle in 1955 it was the first of many in his prolific career.

The news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from. A native of Cat Island the Bahamas although born two months prematurely in Miami during a visit by his parents Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of farmers Evelyn nee Outten and Reginald James Poitier who also drove a cab.

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