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Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen. He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]
Won Best Actor: Sidney Poitier Won Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Foreign Language Film: Ralph Nelson Won British Academy Film Awards: Best Foreign Actor: Sidney Poitier Nominated [11] United Nations Award Nominated Directors Guild of America Awards: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Ralph Nelson Nominated [12] Golden Globe Awards
Sidney Poitier, who broke through racial barriers as the first Black winner of the best actor Oscar for his role in "Lilies of the Field," and inspired a generation during the civil rights ...
Sidney Poitier: The Defiant Ones (Academy Award nominee) Nominated 1962 A Raisin in the Sun: Nominated 1964 Lilies of the Field (Academy Award winner) Won 1966 A Patch of Blue: Nominated 1968 In the Heat of the Night: Nominated 1971 James Earl Jones: The Great White Hope (Academy Award nominee) Nominated 1987 Dexter Gordon: Round Midnight ...
Sidney Poitier, whose dignity and self-assertion ushered in a new era in the depiction of African-Americans in Hollywood films as the civil rights movement was remaking America, has died, a ...
Sidney Poitier: Actor & First African-American & Bahamian to Win an Academy Award [50] Chita Rivera: Actress, Singer & Dancer [62] Mary Robinson: 7th President of Ireland [62] Janet Rowley: Geneticist & First Scientist to Identify a Chromosomal Translocation as the Cause of Leukemia and other Cancers. [62] Desmond Tutu: Anglican Bishop ...
Sidney Poitier Won British Academy Film Awards [15] Best Film of any Source: Nominated Best Foreign Actor: Tony Curtis Nominated Sidney Poitier Won Directors Guild of America Awards: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Stanley Kramer Nominated Edgar Allan Poe Awards: Best Motion Picture: Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith ...