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Born in Los Angeles in 1973 or 1974, [1] Poitier is the daughter of Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus. [2] Her mother is of Lithuanian Jewish [3] and Irish Catholic descent. [4] She has an older sister, Anika. She also has four older half-sisters, Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, and Gina, from her father's ...
Shimkus married Sidney Poitier in 1976, and they have two daughters: Anika and Sydney Tamiia, who is also an actress. Shimkus has three grandchildren; two from Anika and one from Sydney Tamiia. Sidney Poitier died on January 6, 2022, aged 94. [11]
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 ]
Sydney Poitier is honoring her legendary father, Sir Sidney Poitier.On Tuesday, the actress posted an emotional tribute to her father and his long-standing legacy on her Instagram page, opening up ...
The youngest of Sidney Poitier’s six daughters, actor Sydney Poitier Heartsong is known for such TV series as “Carter,” “Homecoming” and “Chicago P.D.” and films including “Death ...
One of the six daughters of acting legend Sidney Poitier, who passed away on Jan. 6, recently penned an emotional The post Sidney Poitier’s daughter, Sydney, pays tribute to her beloved dad ...
Sidney Poitier’s filmography speaks for itself.Over the course of his decades-long career, the Hollywood icon, who died in 2022 at the age of 94, starred in classics like A Raisin in the Sun ...
Louis Gossett Jr., Dee and Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun (1959) In 1959 she gained prominence for originating the role of Ruth Younger in the Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun which premiered on Broadway. She acted alongside Sidney Poitier and Louis Gossett Jr.. The play was the first play written by a Black woman to be ...