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Sidney Poitier
February 20, 1927 (age 94)
January 6, 2022
Miami, Florida, USA
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Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role…
Movies
81 credits
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Sneakers
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The Jackal
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
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Nationtime
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In the Heat of the Night
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Sidney
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Sepia Cinderella
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The Organization
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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The Defiant Ones
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Paris Blues
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Shoot to Kill
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Blackboard Jungle
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Mr. SOUL!
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The Bedford Incident
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Little Nikita
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Night of 100 Stars II
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The Wilby Conspiracy
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Duel at Diablo
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To Sir, with Love
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
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A Patch of Blue
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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The Slender Thread
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Buck and the Preacher
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Pressure Point
TV Shows
19 credits
TV
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Cinépanorama
TV
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The Kennedy Center Honors
TV
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The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV
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ABC Stage 67
TV
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Children of the Dust
TV
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Kraft Television Theatre
TV
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Separate but Equal