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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.
Sidney Poitier KBE ( ⫽ ˈpwɑːtjeɪ ⫽ PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian–American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. [2]
State capital (1901–present)[edit] A tramcar on George Street in 1920. Sydney once had one of the largest tram networks in the British Empire. When the six colonies federated on 1 January 1901, Sydney became the capital of the State of New South Wales.
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Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier, who made history as the first Black man to win the Oscar for lead actor and starred in “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” has died.
Actor: In the Heat of the Night. Sidney Poitier was a native of Cat Island, Bahamas, although born, two months prematurely, in Miami during a visit by his parents, Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier. He grew up in poverty as the son of farmers, with his father also driving a cab in Nassau.
Sep 23, 2022 · Sidney: Directed by Reginald Hudlin. With Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Halle Berry, Willie Blue. Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.
Jan 7, 2022 · President Biden paid tribute to Sidney Poitier on Friday evening, remembering him as a “once-in-a-generation actor and advocate” whose work “changed the world on and off the big screen.”
Sep 22, 2022 · The Reginald Hudlin-directed documentary 'Sidney,' streaming on Apple TV+, is more hagiography than appraisal of one of America’s greatest performers.
