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Sydney
Poitier
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Birth Place: Miami, Florida Birth Date: 2/20/27 Debut: No Way Out, 1950 Citizenship: USA and Bahamas
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Poitier in 1998. |
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Poitier (here with Lilia Skala) won an Oscar for Best Actor in 1963's Lilies of the Field. |
Marriage: Juanita Hardy Poitier Davis (divorced); Joanna Poitier Children: Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, Gina (with Davis); Anika, Sydney (with Joanna Poitier)
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Film Credits 1997: The Jackal 1992: Sneakers 1990: Ghost Dad (director only) 1988: Little Nikita 1988: Shoot to Kill 1984: Fast Forward (director only) 1982: Hanky Panky (director only) 1980: Stir Crazy (director only) 1977: A Piece of the Action (also director) 1975: Let's Do It Again 1975: The Wilby Conspiracy 1974: Uptown Saturday Night (also director) 1973: A Warm December (also director) 1972: Buck and the Preacher (also director) 1971: The Organization 1970: They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 1970: King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (narrator) 1970: Brother John 1969: The Lost Man 1968: For Love of Ivy 1967: To Sir, with Love 1967: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967: In the Heat of the Night 1966: Duel at Diablo 1965: The Slender Thread 1965: A Patch of Blue 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965: The Bedford Incident 1964: The Long Ships 1963: Lilies of the Field |
(From left): River Phoenix, Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd and Poitier in Sneakers.
TV Credits 1999: Free of Eden 1999: The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn 1998: David and Lisa 1997: Mandela and de Klerk 1995: Children of the Dust 1991: Separate But Equal
Books 2000: Measure of a Man : A Spiritual Autobiography
Major Awards Oscar, Best Actor, Lilies of the Field, 1964 Golden Globe, Best Motion Picture Actor, Lilies of the Field, 1964 Golden Globe, Cecil B. DeMille Award, 1982; American Film Institute, Life Achievement Award, 1992; National Board of Review, Career Achievement Award, 1994; Screen Actors Guild, Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000 |
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1962: Pressure Point 1961: A Raisin in the Sun 1961: Paris Blues 1960: All the Young Men 1959: Porgy and Bess 1959: Virgin Island 1958: The Defiant Ones 1957: Edge of the City 1957: Something of Value 1957: The Mark of the Hawk 1957: Band of Angels 1956: Goodbye, My Lady 1955: The Blackboard Jungle 1954: Go, Man, Go! 1952: Red Ball Express 1951: Cry, the Beloved Country 1950: No Way Out |
Katharine Houghton and Poitier in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. |
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From The Jackal
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Links to other sites about Poitier http://people.aol.com/people/pprofiles/spoitier http://www.pax.tv/bios/one-bio.cfm/sydney-poitier http://www.csmonitor.com/atcsmonitor/specials/bhmonth/games/p-photoquiz.html |
