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3 giorni fa · Upon Poitier's death, many people released statements honoring him, including President Joe Biden, who wrote in part: "With unflinching grandeur and poise – his singular warmth, depth, and stature on-screen – Sidney helped open the hearts of millions and changed the way America saw itself."
18 giu 2024 · Sidney Poitier. Born: February 20, 1927, Miami, Florida, U.S. Died: January 6, 2022, Los Angeles, California (aged 94) Awards And Honors: Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) Academy Award (2002) Grammy Award (2000) Kennedy Center Honors (1995) Academy Award (1964): Actor in a Leading Role.
21 giu 2024 · Trailblazing actor Sidney Poitier died at age 94 in 2022 as a result of three concurrent health conditions, including cardiopulmonary failure, prostate cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease, per People.
3 giorni fa · Throughout the 1970s Cosby starred in various films including Sidney Poitier's Uptown Saturday Night (1974), and Let's Do It Again (1975), and Neil Simon's California Suite (1978) alongside Richard Pryor.
3 giorni fa · From 1987 until his death, he was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. During the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964, Belafonte bankrolled the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, flying to Mississippi that August with Sidney Poitier and $60,000 in cash and entertaining crowds in Greenwood.
4 giu 2024 · Sidney Poitier ( PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and 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.
23 giu 2024 · Lilies of the Field, starring Sidney Poitier in his Oscar-winning role as Homer Smith, is an offbeat but quaint film released in 1963. Homer is on a road trip across Arizona where he encounters a group of women religious — nuns from Germany, Austria and Hungary.
