Sidney Poitier KBE (/ˈpwɑːtjeɪ/ PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In...
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in 1973 or 1974, Poitier is the daughter of Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier and Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus. Her mother is of Lithuanian Jewish...
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Sidney Poitier (1927–2022) was an actor and director. He was best known for his groundbreaking and trailblazing work in the 1950s and 1960s. His breakthrough...
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I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) is a novel by American writer Percival Everett. Originally published by Graywolf Press, in 2020 it was published by Influx...
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Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen. He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award...
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Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. Joanna Marie Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova...
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Sidney is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Reginald Hudlin. The film is a portrait of the life and legacy of actor Sidney Poitier in his final...
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World. Poitier's first real acting job was a stunt performer on Sheena. Poitier practices Universalism. He is unsure if he is related to Sidney Poitier, but...
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written by William Rose. It stars Spencer Tracy (in his final role), Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, and features Hepburn's niece Katharine Houghton...
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and who must co-operate in order to survive. It stars Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier. The film was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith from the story by Nedrick...
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