Sidney Poitier (1927–2022)
Teoksen The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography tekijä
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Born in Miami 1927 and raised in the Bahamas, Poitier began acting after the war, and soon made his debut in Hollywood with No Way Out. He became the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor. In 1968 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and is the recipient of four honorary näytä lisää doctorate degrees, the last from New York University. He has starred in over forty films, directed nine, and written four. He has received three Golden Globe Awards; an American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award; the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award, among many other awards and honors. In April 1997 Poitier was named the Ambassador to Japan from the Bahamas. Sir Poitier is currently president and CEO of Verdon Cedric Productions. He is married, has six daughters, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor for his performance in Lilies of the Field in 1963. His landmark films include The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and To Sir, With Love. Poitier is the author of two autobiographies: This Life and the New York Times bestseller The Measure of a Man. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Family Favorites: 10 Movie Collection [DVD] — Ohjaaja — 37 kappaletta
Nifty Fifties - 50 Movie Pack: Cyrano de Bergerac - The Lady Says No - The Man with the Golden Arm - The Snows of… (2012) 8 kappaletta
Mark of the Hawk 3 kappaletta
A Warm December [1973 film] — Ohjaaja — 2 kappaletta
Deadly Pursuit (1988) 1 kappale
SNEAKERS 1 kappale
Nationtime [Blu-ray] 1 kappale
In The Heat Of The Night [Blu-ray] 1 kappale
Associated Works
The Wilby Conspiracy [1975 film] — Actor — 4 kappaletta
The Sidney Poitier Collection: Edge of the City / Something of Value / A Patch of Blue / A Warm December (2009) — Actor — 4 kappaletta
Cry, the Beloved Country [1951 film] — Actor — 3 kappaletta
To Sir, With Love [and] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner — Actor — 1 kappale
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- Virallinen nimi
- Poitier, Sidney L.
- Syntymäaika
- 1927-02-20
- Kuolinaika
- 2022-01-06
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
Bahamas (birth) - Maa (karttaa varten)
- Bahamas
- Syntymäpaikka
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Arthur's Town, Cat Island, Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas
Florida, USA
New York, USA - Ammatit
- actor
film director
day labourer
dishwasher
psychiatric aide
Bahamian Ambassador to Japan - Organisaatiot
- U.S. Army
The Walt Disney Company - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Academy Award (best actor|1963)
Honorary Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire (1974)
Kennedy Center Honors (1995)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)
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