Sidney Poitier

Januari 07, 2022

Sidney Poitier has died aged 94. Poitiers directorial debut was the 1972 Western film Buck and the Preacher.

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In November 1943 16-year-old Sidney Poitier lied about his age and entered the Army as he was homeless and the military took him in out of the cold.

. Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in an attempt to get discharged. The news was announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes. 9 hours agoSidney Poitier also directed.

10 hours agoLegendary actor Sidney Poitier whose 71-year career included iconic roles in the classic Hollywood films A Raisin in the Sun Guess Whos Coming to Dinner and Uptown Saturday Night has. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar. In the span of his film career Sidney Poitier also took on the directors seat for a number of motion pictures.

Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood icon director and activist who commanded the screen reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York.

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