- Sidney Poitier - IMDb
Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau
- Sidney Poitier - Biography - IMDb
Poitier's talent, conscience, integrity, and inherent likability placed him on equal footing with the white stars of the day He took on directing and producing chores in the 1970s, achieving success in both arenas
- The Best 32 films of Sidney Poitier. - IMDb
Sid Poitier has always had a quiet dignity and elegance and his performances have been consistently excellent This list was a labor of joy and is meant as a tribute to the great Sidney Poitier
- Sidney (2022) - IMDb
Sidney Poitier was one of the most gifted and talented actors in the history of cinema He set a new standard for Black actors in Hollywood as a leading man, becoming the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Lilies of the Field (1963)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967) - IMDb
With Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Lee Grant A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case
- Sidney Poitier - Awards - IMDb
Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Best Actor Oscar and the only one until Denzel Washington for Training Day (2001), 38 years later By a strange coincidence, Washington won the Best Actor award on the same night when Poitier received an Honorary Oscar
- Children of the Dust (TV Mini Series 1995) - IMDb
Children of the Dust: With Sidney Poitier, Michael Moriarty, Joanna Going, Hart Bochner A bounty hunter leads the U S Army to massacre a Cheyenne camp, rescuing White Wolf
- To Sir, with Love (1967) - IMDb
Sidney Poitier's exceptional lead performance anchors this touching film about that special person who changes your life As the first time teacher to a group of undisciplined British youth, Poitier is in virtually every frame of this picture
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