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12 Quintessential Sidney Poitier Performances Everyone Should Know
Screenshot: In the Heat of the Night/MGMBahamian-American actor, director, and cultural ambassador Sidney Poitier died last week at 94. Though he retired from filmmaking nearly two decades ago, he remained one of the most influential people in Hollywood: The child of potato farmers in the Bahamas who became a wildly consequential figure in American film…
Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win Best Actor Oscar, passes away at 94; family mourns the loss of their ‘guiding light’
Sidney Poitier, Hollywood’s trailblazer, has passed away at the age of 94. He was the first black actor who broke through racial barriers and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the 1963’s Lilies of the Field, creating a history."There are no words to convey the deep sense of loss and…
R.I.P. Sidney Poitier
United Artists Iconic actor Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94 at his home in the Bahamas. Considered the first Black Hollywood superstar, Poitier was handsome, disciplined and strong – he could fly with fury one minute, and convey great dignity the next. In 1958 he became the first Black actor to be…
Sidney Poitier, First Black Man To Win Oscar For Best Actor, Dies At Age 94: Reports
Throughout his career, Sidney Poitier continued to do things no Black man had ever done in Hollywood before. (Photo: Larry Busacca/VF14 via Getty Images)Sidney Poitier, the Bahamian-American actor who broke numerous Hollywood barriers in the 1950s and 1960s — most famously in 1964 when he became the first Black man to win the Oscar for…
Sidney Poitier, first black actor to win an Oscar, dies at 94
O ator Sidney Poitier, primeiro negro a receber um Oscar de Melhor Ator, faleceu nesta sexta-feira (7), aos 94 anos. A informação foi divulgada pelo Ministério de Relações Exteriores das Bahamas, onde o ator residia. A causa da morte ainda não foi divulgada. Poitier atuou em clássicos como No Calor da Noite (1967) e Acorrentados…
Tributes paid to Sidney Poitier following his death aged 94
Tributes have been paid to Hollywood star Sidney Poitier after his death at the age of 94.The Bahamian-American actor was known for films including In The Heat Of The Night, Blackboard Jungle and Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner – and was the first black man to win the Oscar for best actor.The Prime Minister of…
Sir Sidney Poitier, famed Academy Award-winning actor and one of the last surviving members of Hollywood's Golden Age, has died at the age of 94. The first reports of Poitier's death came from news sources in the Bahamas, the actor's home, which he proudly represented throughout his career. According to those reports, Poitier's death was…
Bundesliga: Sidney Sam on Schalke 04, VfL Bochum & disappointed expectations
Selbstkritik nach Karriereende Sidney Sam hat seine Profikarriere auch mangels attraktiver Möglichkeiten beendet. „Physisch war ich schon noch in der Lage, Fußball spielen zu können. Ich war in den vergangenen Jahren selten verletzt und hatte mich da stabilisiert. Aber ich muss ehrlich sein, denn es gab kaum noch Angebote von anderen Klubs, die interessant…