• While presenting Poitier the Honorary Academy Award in 2002, Denzel Washington said of Poitier: "Before Sidney, African American actors had to take supporting...
  • Sidney Poitier, 1950 - 2001 yılları arasında 51 yapımda oyunculuk, 9 filmde yonetmenlik, 1 filmde yapımcılık ve 1 filmde de senaristlik yaptı.
  • Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten)...
  • A Raisin in the Sun(From left) Stephen Perry, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, and Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun (1961), directed by Daniel Petrie.
  • Sidney Poitier in To Sir, With Love. Everett Collection. In 1967, three movies turned Poitier, however briefly, into the biggest box-office star in Hollywood.
  • After a delinquency-filled youth and a short stint in the U.S. Army, Sidney Poitier moved to New York to pursue an acting career.
  • Simply put, Sidney Poitier became a beloved national treasure and symbol of a struggle almost as old as the United States itself.
  • In 1958, Sidney starred with Tony Curtis in 'The Defiant Ones,' which received nine Academy Award nominations, including 'Best Actor' nomination for Poitier.
  • Next (Sidney and Beatrice Webb). Sidney Poitier KBE (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director...
  • Sidney Poitier was the first African American actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, paving the way for greater diversity and representation in Hollywood.