Sidney Poitier

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. This simple story about a handyman helping.

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Poitier was 44 years old at the time.

. While Poitiers career is legendary his private life wasnt. Sidney Poitier who has died aged 94 was the first black actor to win an Oscar in a leading role in 1964 for his performance in Lilies of the Field. In the Heat of the Night.

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. Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes in 1957s Edge of the City Getty Images. He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964.

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. 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.

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