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4. SIDNEY POITIER a Super Star of the 1960's - MovieActors.com
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- Sidney Poitier was a handsome and articulate performer who rose to great fame as the only black superstar of the 1960's. ...
- Poitier's popularity opened the door for other black performers.
- " In 1963 Sidney Poitier won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in "Lilies of the Field. " Sidney Poitier's recent films include "Sneakers" and "The Jackal. " In 2002, Sidney Poitier was presented with a special achievement Oscar. ...
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6. Sidney Poitier paved the way for other black actors
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- Sidney Poitier paved the way for other black actors.
- When Evelyn Poitier visited a clairvoyant to ask about the fate of her premature son, it was more hope than actual belief that soothed her worries.
- Yet that is exactly what Sidney Poitier did, and more.
- After starring in over 40 films, directing nine and writing four, Poitier's fame only scratches the surface of his many accomplishments that have paved the way for other black stars.
- "It is impossible to understand the impact that Sidney Poitier has had on the film industry," said theatre professor Charles Dumas, who starred in Separate But Equal with Poitier. Dumas added that Poitier "pushed the envelope whenever he could to expand the world for black actors. ...
- Poitier has appeared before congressional committees investigating discrimination in filmmaking, and he has refused to work on films that do not employ increased numbers of black talent. This high level of integrity has been with Poitier since he entered both the country and the film industry.
- Poitier was born in Miami but he was raised on Cat Island in the Caribbean until the age of 15, when he moved back to the United States. ...
- Poitier gained recognition after his performance in No Way Out in 1950. ... Throughout this time period and into the late '60s, Poitier was one of the highest paid actors in the world. ...
- Even with all of his fame and talent, Poitier took a leave of absence from acting in 1977 after Piece of the Action, which he filmed with Harry Belafonte and Bill Cosby. ... Poitier also directed and wrote some films during his leave, including Stir Crazy in 1980 and Hanky Panky in 1982.
- Beyond acting, Poitier has received many honors, including recognition from the American Museum of the Moving Image (1989) and the first Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993. ...
- As both an actor and a person it is clear to see why Dumas calls Poitier "an ancestor to emulate. ...
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- Born dangerously premature at only three pounds, Sidneys father, a tomato farmer, had already saved a shoebox to bury him in when he miraculously recovered. The family moved to the Bahamas, where Poitier grew up the youngest of eight siblings on Cay Island and Nassau. After attending school for only a year and a half, Poitier dropped out to help his ailing father tend to the tomato farm during the depression. ... At this time, his West Indian accent was nearly unintelligible and the young Poitier experienced the first sting of racial prejudice in the United States, which was markedly different from his island home. Poitier told The New York Times Magazine in 1959, I experienced tremendous loneliness as a result of realizing for the first time that I couldnt trust adults. ...
- After a warning visit from the Ku Klux Klan at his brothers home, Poitier decided to flee Miami and set his hopes on New York City. ... He found work washing dishes and slept on a roof across from the Capitol Theatre; however, the onset of a harsh New England winter prompted Poitier to lie about his age and join the U. ... In his first audition, he was laughed and booed off the stage, but after retreating to his apartment and imitating radio voices for several months, Poitier returned to the theatre and was granted free acting lessons from director Frederick ONeal in exchange for backstage chores. ... One role lead to another and soon Poitier was commanding the limited black roles available on the New York stage. ...
- In 1950, after performing successfully on the stage for several years, Poitier made his Hollywood debut in No Way Out, playing a prison ward doctor struggling to do his job amidst escalating racial tension in the cells. A string of strong leading roles followed, and Poitier became the trailblazer for black actors in Hollywood. ...
- For his performance in The Defiant Ones (1958), Poitier became the first African-American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor; he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1963 for Lilies of the Field. Three years later, Poitier broke another motion picture barrier when he initiated the first on-screen kiss between a white person and a black person in Guess Whos Coming to Dinner. In that film, Poitier played the fiancé of a wealthy white girl who brings him home to meet her parents, played by Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. ...
- Poitier's other successful films of the 1960s included The Bedford Incident, A Touch of Blue, and In the Heat of the Night. Civil rights advocates praised Poitier for portraying characters whose reserved dignity demanded respect; however, not everyone was a fan. ... Poitier has always disassociated himself from either claim, telling Newsweek in 1957:
what I want is the kind of role that makes me feel worthwhile. ...
9. SIDNEY POITIER: ONE BRIGHT LIGHT AN AMERICAN MASTERS SPECIAL
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- SIDNEY POITIER: ONE BRIGHT LIGHT AN AMERICAN MASTERS SPECIAL.
- (AETN)— Sidney Poitier's career defined and documented the modern history of blacks in American film. ... Poitier has retained permanent stature on the cultural landscape. ...
- AMERICAN MASTERS profiles this man who forged a brilliant career and opened doors for succeeding generations in SIDNEY POITIER: ONE BRIGHT LIGHT, a one-hour documentary airing on AETN Monday, Feb. ... " Through interviews and film clips, SIDNEY POITIER: ONE BRIGHT LIGHT reveals how the power and integrity of the man informed his art and helped transform a culture. Poitier's own insights and remembrances lie at the heart of this compelling portrait. ... Friends and colleagues, including Denzel Washington, Quincy Jones, Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, directors Stanley Kramer and Norman Jewison, and Poitier's wife, Joanna Shimkus Poitier, offer their perspectives on the actor's influence and accomplishments.
- Born in 1927, Poitier recalls a hard but good life as the son of a farmer in the Bahamas. ...
- His film debut in "No Way Out," a violent tale of racial hatred, made Poitier a hero in the Bahamas. ...
- Poitier filmed "Cry, The Beloved Country" in South Africa. ... Teaming with Stanley Kramer, one of a group of filmmakers intent on speaking out against inequities in the industry, Poitier made "The Defiant Ones," becoming the first black actor to receive an Oscar nomination for a leading role. ...
- Returning to the theater, Poitier starred on Broadway as Walter Lee in Lorraine Hansbury's poignant "A Raisin in the Sun," a role he recreated on film. ... By 1967, Sidney Poitier was one of America's most popular movie stars.
- In the wake of the King and Malcolm X assassinations, Poitier was accused of being too passive. ...
- In an ironic twist of history, nearly 50 years after making "Cry, The Beloved Country," Poitier returned to an apartheid-free South Africa in 1997 to play one of his heroes, Nelson Mandela, in "Mandela and de Klerk. ...
10. Sidney Poitier - Caribbean Hall of Fame
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- Best Known for: Movie Actor Bio: Sidney Poitier was born in Miami where his parents regularly travelled to sell their tomato crop from Car Island. The youngest of 8, Poitier dropped out of school at age 13 to help support his family. ...
- Poitier became an outspoken Civil Rights activist.
- Poitier acted in some of the most critical Hollywood films ever including the groundbreaking "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner" in 1966 (the first on-screen kiss between a black man & a white woman) He was the first black actor to be nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, for "The Defiant Ones", in 1958, and the first to win the Best Actor nod, for "Lilies on the Field", in 1963. ...
- Later in life Poitier made the transition from actor to director. ... Poitier also directed several comedies including "Uptown Saturday Night" and "Let's Do It Again" with Bill Cosby, and "Stir Crazy" with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. ...
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- for an extended Biography with photographs and links related to Sidney Poitier and other famous Bahamaians and notable West Indians visit Afiwi. ...
11. Governor's Office - Black History Month - Sidney Poitier
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- Sidney Poitier born February 20, 1927 in Miami was raised in the Bahamas, the son of poor tomato farmers. ...
- Poitier has dedicated his life and creative work to human rights and freedom. As the first and only black male lead actor and box-office sensation of his era, Poitier broke new ground with every role, taking the public where no other black actor had gone before. ...
- Poitier emanates a genuine warmth and irresistible attractiveness that captivates people while opening their minds. ...
- Also starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey, Poitier portrayed the black fiancé of their daughter, played by Katherine Houghton. ...
- Poitier was the first black actor nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in "The Defiant Ones," directed by Stanley Kramer in 1958. ...
- The Hollywood Foreign Press celebrated Poitier with a Golden Globe for "Lilies of the Field", and on a separate occasion, the prestigious Cecille B. ...
- Prior to his Oscar win, in 1957, Poitier received a Best Actor award at the Venice Film Festival which further distinguished him as the first black actor to win an international award. ...
- Poitier's filmography encompasses over 39 films, including the memorable "Cry The Beloved Country," "Black Board Jungle," "A Raisin in the Sun," "Porgy and Bess," "To Sir With Love," and the Norman Jewison directed racial murder mystery, "In The Heat of the Night" opposite Rod Steiger. ...
- " Poitier has directed numerous films including, "A Patch of Blue" and "A Piece of the Action. ...
- A dual citizen of the United States and the Bahamas, Sidney Poitier became the Bahamas Ambassador to Japan in 1997. ...
12. 'One Bright Light' lauds screen star Sidney Poitier Light' lauds screen star Sidney Poitier: 2/2/00
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- 'One Bright Light' lauds screen star Sidney Poitier.
- "There was nobody like Sidney. ...
- So says music producer Quincy Jones on "Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light" on "American Masters" (8 p. ...
- Directed and narrated by actress Lee Grant, who co-starred with Poitier in the 1967 drama, "In The Heat of the Night," this documentary reflects on Poitier's groundbreaking and influential screen career. ...
- "Today, it's easy to overlook the contributions Sidney Poitier made to Hollywood," says PBS executive producer Susan Lacy. "When you look through his filmography, you realize how many 'firsts' belong to Sidney. ...
- "Sidney invented the African-American in film. ...
- Born in the Bahamas, Poitier made an auspicious film debut in "No Way Out," the controversial 1950 drama about a vicious racist played by Richard Widmark. This was followed by "Cry, The Beloved Country," shot on location in South Africa, where Poitier had to suffer the indignities of Apartheid. Through the 1950s and 1960s, Poitier made a number of films dealing frankly with race and racism, including "The Defiant Ones," "A Raisin in the Sun," "In the Heat of the Night," and "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. ...
- But even a pioneering actor like Poitier was not immune to the maelstrom of shifting social attitudes of 1960s. To some critics, in and out of the African-American community, Poitier had become too comfortable in Hollywood and was no longer "black" enough. ...
- "One Bright Light" includes interviews with Poitier's friends and colleagues, including Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, Denzel Washington, and directors Stanley Kramer and Norman Jewison. ...
13. Sidney Poitier recibirá un Oscar Honorífico : peliculas, cine, bso, bandas sonoras ...
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- Sidney Poitier recibirá un Oscar Honorífico.
- En la próxima entrega de los Oscar, el 24 de marzo, Sidney Poitier recibirá un Oscar en reconocimiento a su carrera y por ser un símbolo de la integración racial en la industria del cine.
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- Sidney Poitier staring in Lilies of the Field, 1963.
- Sidney Poitier is recognized as the actor who broke the color barrier in the US motion-picture industry and made careers of other black actors possible. ...
- Poitier also starred in three popular movies in 1967--In the Heat of the Night, To Sir with Love, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. ... A dual citizen of the United States and The Bahamas, Poitier in 1997 was appointed ambassador to Japan for The Bahamas.
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- All Movie Guide: Sidney Poitier - biography, filmography, and list of awards.
- American Masters: Sidney Poitier - PBS bio that includes a video clip.
- Classic Movies: Sidney Poitier - selection of links to articles about the actor.
- History Channel: Sidney Poitier - biography of the movie actor.
- How Poitier Conquered Hollywood - BBC News article about the actor's honary Academy Award for his career in film.
- IMDb: Sidney Poitier - offers a brief biography and complete filmography.
- Kennedy Center Honors: Sidney Poitier - looks at the pioneering impact Sidney Poitier's career has had on American culture.
- Reel Classics: Sidney Poitier - features several posters from his films.
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18. The Oak Ridger Online - Feature: Intermission - PBS to air documentary on Sidney Poitier Feb. 2 01/21/00
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- Sidney Poitier, right, co-starred with Lee Grant, director of the documentary, in the 1967 Oscar-winning Best Picture "In the Heat of the Night. ...
- PBS to air documentary on Sidney Poitier Feb. ...
- Sidney Poitier is one of our most enduring artists, still the only black American to receive a Best Actor or Actress Academy Award -- 36 years ago.
- Poitier has retained permanent stature on our cultural landscape. ...
- "Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light," a one-hour documentary produced by Thirteen/WNET New York in association with Joseph Feury Productions, premieres nationally at 8 p. ...
- In "American Masters" ' "Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light," director Lee Grant, who co-starred with the actor in the then controversial "In the Heat of the Night," traces the arc of an extraordinary life and career.
- Poitier's own insights and remembrances lie at the heart of this compelling portrait. ...
- Friends and colleagues, including Denzel Washington, Quincy Jones, Robert Townsend, James Earl Jones, directors Stanley Kramer and Norman Jewison, and Poitier's wife, Joanna Shimkus Poitier, offer their perspective on Poitier's influence and accomplishments.
- "Sidney invented the African American in film," notes Quincy Jones. ... There was nobody like Sidney. ...
19. Los demonios de Sidney Poitier
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- Sidney Poitier dejó el alcohol, la carne roja, la leche, el azúcar y se refiere a su ocasional ración de helado como "caer en tentación". ... Recientemente, en un desayuno en el Beverly Wilshire Hotel en Los Ángeles, Poitier consumió una tortilla hecha de clara de huevos, para evitar el colesterol, y una ración de brécol para mantener su hábito de ingerir vegetales en cada comida. ...
- Por cerca de 40 años, Poitier ha sido fanático de los alimentos sanos y del ejercicio. ...
- Como dice Dee: "Sidney es la llama azul que piensas que jamás haría fuego y quemaría una casa. ...
- El tema de su temperamento no es fácil incluirlo en una conversación con Poitier, pero él describe su relación con sus "demonios" como "perfecta" debido a que sabe cuándo darles su espacio y cuándo doblegarlos. ...
- Poitier ve el libro como un "resumen" de su carrera y de su vida como padre de seis niñas; pero el punto neurálgico de Poitier es su preocupación por las decisiones tomadas para sostener su larga carrera como primer actor, y sus esfuerzos en la política racial que ayudó a llevar ese viaje hasta el final. Todo en cuanto a Poitier es indirecto: vista desde lo alto, su imagen refleja otra imagen. ...
- Antes que Sidney Poitier abandonara Nueva York para partir hacia Hollywood, los personajes afro-americanos en las películas consistían principalmente en mayordomos, criados y vendedores quienes lucían como estúpidos en las escenas. Poitier rompió ese molde en 1950 interpretando un doctor negro que trataba pacientes blancos en "No Way Out" una cinta que era tan amenazadora en aquel tiempo que fue prohibida por las autoridades en varios lugares de los Estados Unidos y en las Islas Bahamas, tierra natal de Poitier, aún colonia británica. A finales de 1960, Poitier había sido premiado con un Oscar en la categoría de mejor actor por su interpretación en el filme "Lillies of the Field" (ha sido el único negro galardonado en esa categoría) y ha hecho más de dos docenas de películas en la misma línea, permitiendo a los norteamericanos ver al negro en otra categoría que no sea de criados o de mayordomos, sino como doctores, siquiatras, ingenieros, corresponsales de guerra, maestros y detectives policiacos. ...
- El ataque a Poitier comenzó intensamente en 1967, cuando ese mismo año protagonizó tres éxitos en el mundo del cine. Aunque "To Sir With Love", "In the Heat of the Night" y "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" lo convirtieron en la estrella de las boleterías del país, Poitier fue objeto de feroces críticas. ... Poitier fue denigrado como un alcahuete en gabán y corbata. ...
- Todo cambia cuando has vivido suficiente, y ahora, una vez más, Poitier se ha convertido de menospreciado en héroe. ... Pero cuando Poitier habla en la actualidad, lo hace con su usual reserva. ...
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21. St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Sidney Poitier
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- As one of the first African-American actors to consistently appear in serious dramatic roles in American films, Sidney Poitier is acknowledged as a major catalyst for Hollywood offering more substantive roles to black performers. In 1992, the American Film Institute paid tribute to Poitier, with Denzel Washington referring to him as "a source of pride for many African Americans," and James Earl Jones saying that Poitier has "played a great role in the life of our country. ...
- Although born in 1927 in Miami, Florida, Poitier grew up on his family's farm in the Bahamas. Despite being a poor man, Poitier has said that his father--a tomato farmer--was never a man of self-pity. As Poitier once said, "Every time I took a part, from the first part, from the first day, I always said to myself, 'This must reflect well on his name. '" His family moved from the tiny village of Cat Island to Nassau, the Bahamian capitol, when Poitier was eleven years old. ...
- Army in the early 1940s, Poitier worked as a dishwasher and janitor until he landed a backstage position with the American Negro Theater. Because his West Indian accent was unintelligible, Poitier developed a more professional voice by listening to radio commercials and imitating the announcers. ... Poitier understudied for actor-singer Harry Belafonte in Days of Our Youth, and he impressed critics with his work in Lysistrata, despite being so nervous on the play's opening night that he delivered the wrong lines and ran off stage.
- Poitier's film career began in 1950 in the feature No Way Out, playing a doctor tormented by the racist brother of a man whose life he could not save. Poitier worked steadily throughout the 1950s, most notably in the South African story Cry, the Beloved Country, the urban classroom drama The Blackboard Jungle, and Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones, in which Poitier and Tony Curtis played prison escapees whose mutual struggle helped them to gain respect for each other despite their racial divisions.
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23. Shoot to Kill - Sidney Poitier
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24. PHONE-SOFT INTERNET-VERZEICHNIS DEUTSCHLAND:SIDNEY POITIER
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- The Measure of a Man : A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier.
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- Acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier was born in Florida of Bahamian parents, and studied acting at the American Negro Theater in New York in the late 1940's. In the 1950's, Poitier began working in movies, starring in several films about racism, including Cry, the Beloved Country (1952), The Blackboard Jungle (1955) and The Defiant Ones (1955), the last of which earned him an Academy Award nomination. ...
- Poitier is known for the power, subtlety and honesty of his performances. ... In 1988, Poitier returned to films after a long absence, directing and starring in Shoot to Kill.
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