He won the Best Leading Actor Oscar at the 36th Academy Awards for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field. Sidney Poitier has died aged 94.
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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.
. His death was confirmed by the office of the prime minister of the Bahamas according to multiple news organizations including both wires. 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 news was announced by the Bahamian minister of foreign affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from.
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. Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in an attempt to get discharged. 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.
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. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York. His breakthrough role was Blackboard Jungle in 1955 it was the first of many in his prolific career.
1 day agoSidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Leading Actor. 1 day agoSidney Poitier groundbreaking star of American movies has died at the age of 94.
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