Sidney Poitier

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AKA: Sir Sidney Poitier
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 02/20/1927
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States

biography

A gifted, handsome leading man, generally acknowledged as Hollywood's first black superstar and the first black performer to win an Oscar as Best Actor ("Lilies of the Field" 1963), Sidney Poitier grew up in humble circumstances in The Bahamas, British West Indies and moved to the USA at age 15 to live with his brother in Miami, FL. After serving in the US Army during World War II as a physiotherapist, he joined the American Negro Theater, making his Broadway debut as understudy for all the male roles in their all-black production of Aristophanes' "Lysistrata" (1946). Poitier starred on Continued

Credits

Paris Blues
Eddie Cook
1998
The Jackal
Carter Preston--FBI Deputy Director
1997
Sneakers
Crease
1992
Ghost Dad
Director
1990
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Wade Prentice
1967
To Sir With Love
Mark Thackeray
1967
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
1967
The Bedford Incident
Ben Munceford
1965
The Defiant Ones
Noah Cullen
1958
Edge of the City
Tommy Tyler
1957
Blackboard Jungle
Gregory W Miller
1955
World Beat
Actor
Something of Value
Kimani
Go, Man, Go!
Inman Jackson
Virgin Island
Marcus
Band of Angels
Rau-Ru
Duel at Diablo
Toller
All the Young Men
Towler
The Long Ships
Aly Mansuh
For Love of Ivy
From Story
Uptown Saturday Night
Director
A Warm December
Director
Stir Crazy
Director
A Piece of the Action
Director
Fast Forward
Director
Let's Do It Again
Director
Buck and the Preacher
Director
Hanky Panky
Director
The Lost Man
Jason Higgs
Cry, the Beloved Country
Rev. Msimangu
Brother John
John Kane
A Warm December
Dr Younger
Porgy and Bess
Porgy
Uptown Saturday Night
Steve Jackson
A Patch of Blue
Gordon Ralfe
The Slender Thread
Alan Newell
They Call Me Mr. Tibbs
Actor
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
The Wilby Conspiracy
Shack Twala
Pressure Point
Doctor
Shoot to Kill
Warren Stantin
The Organization
Virgil Tibbs
The Mark of the Hawk
Obam
A Piece of the Action
Manny Durrell
For Love of Ivy
Jack Parks
Buck and the Preacher
Buck
Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams
Little Nikita
Roy Parmenter
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Born in Miami, Florida when parents took a trip there to sell their produce
 
Raised on Cat Island in the Bahamas
1940 
Dropped out of school at age 13
1942 
Moved to Miami at age 15 to live with his brother Cyril
 
Relocated to New York City where he worked as a dishwasher and busboy in restaurants
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