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Sir Sidney Poitier
Сидней Пуатье
シドニー・ポワティエ
Sidney Poitier
Acting
Biography
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include 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. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Resurrection of Christ
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
as Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
TV Shows
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage) · 4 ep.
Children of the Dust
as Gypsy Smith · 2 ep.
Separate but Equal
as Thurgood Marshall · 2 ep.
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self · 2 ep.
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self · 1 ep.
Film '72
as Self · 1 ep.
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1 ep.
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host · 1 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1 ep.
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self · 2 ep.
