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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 performances in film include The Defiant Ones (1958), Porgy and Bess (1959), A Raisin in the Sun (1961), Paris Blues (1961), Lilies of the Field (1963), A Patch of Blue (1965), To Sir ...
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- No Way Out (1950) Poitier got his first Hollywood break playing the only Black intern in a white urban hospital who has to treat a racist criminal (Richard Widmark) in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's liberal message movie/film noir hybrid.
- Blackboard Jungle (1955) He's "a little brighter and a little smarter than the rest of those guys," teacher Glenn Ford observes of the teenaged delinquent Poitier plays in this breakthrough hit (no wonder — he was 28!).
- Edge of the City (1957) All but forgotten now, Martin Ritt's early film was called "a milestone in the screen presentation of an American Negro" by Variety.
- The Defiant Ones (1958) Acting opposite Tony Curtis, Poitier made history — not for the last time — by scoring a Best Actor Oscar nomination, the first ever for a Black man, in Stanley Kramer's tight, energetic thriller about two escaped convicts on the run who, shackled together at the wrists, need to trust and help each other in order to survive.
Find bio, credits and filmography information for Sidney Poitier on AllMovie - Sidney Poitier was to Hollywood what Jackie Robinson was to major league baseball: simply put, the…
Browse 1,916 sidney poitier photos photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Movie poster advertises the Italian release of the Oscar winning drama 'Lilies of the Field' , starring Sidney Poitier and Lilia Skala, 1963.
