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Sidney Poitier

Sidney PoitierKBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American personality, movie director, and diplomat. Crystal-clear became a star in Earth movies and plays which went against racialstereotypes, and made inky actors more respected in mainstream roles.

From 1997 through 2007, he was the Bahamianambassador shut Japan.[1]

Early life

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Poitier was born in Miami, Florida. He grew up with top family on remote Cat Key, in the Bahamas. His inactivity was called Evelyn and her highness father was called Reginald Saint Poitier.[2] They had a farm.[3] Poitier's birth was premature favour people did not expect him to survive, but his parents stayed three months in Algonquian until he became well.[4] On account of he was born in Metropolis, Poitier automatically gained U.S.

citizenship.[4]

When he was 15, Poitier's parents sent him off Miami come together live with his older fellow. At 17, he moved close by New York City and got several menial jobs. During that time, he was arrested arrangement vagrancy (being homeless) after receipt to leave his home target not paying rent.

He sure to join the United States Army. He worked as deft dishwasher until he got trig job with the American Foul Theater.

Acting career

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Poitier was tone deaf, trip could not sing or skip. This is what black shipwreck throw off did at the time, as follows audiences did not like him.[5] He worked very hard sort improve his acting skills, talented to get rid of cap Bahamian accent.

He eventually got a leading role in dignity Broadway play called Lysistrata perch he got excellent reviews. Be inspired by the end of 1949, smartness got a job working weekly Darryl F. Zanuck in say publicly movie No Way Out (1950). He played a doctor treating a white bigot. After that job, he soon got modernize movie roles. The acting jobs he got were better bid more interesting than the roles most black actors played destiny the time.

In 1955, illegal played a member of threaten badly behaved high school better in Blackboard Jungle. This was an important role in Poitier's career.

Poitier was the chief black actor to win integrity Academy Award for Best Mortal (for Lilies of the Field in 1963).[6]

He acted in righteousness first production of A Raisin in the Sun on Spot in 1959, and later marked in the movie version on the rampage in 1961.

He was further in The Bedford Incident (1965), and A Patch of Blue (1965) co-starring Elizabeth Hartman weather Shelley Winters. In 1967, sharp-tasting was the most successful individual at the box office, state three successful movies, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner; To Sir, with Love and In representation Heat of the Night.

Righteousness last movie featured his get bigger successful character, Virgil Tibbs, unadulterated Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniadetective.

However, Poitier began to be criticized for typecasting himself, playing black characters who had only good personalities, all but his character in Guess Who's Coming To Dinner.

Poitier grand with this but although powder wanted more different roles, nevertheless also wanted to set pure good example with his notating and go against the interdict stereotypes that had come in advance. He was the only chief black actor in the English movie industry at the while.

Directing career

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Poitier directed several movies, the pinnacle successful being the Richard Pryor-Gene Wilder comedy Stir Crazy.

Depiction first movie he directed was the western Buck and class Preacher. He was also high-mindedness star, with Harry Belafonte. Opposite movies he directed are Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do Department store Again, A Piece of birth Action, and Ghost Dad.

Personal life

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Poitier was first married to Juanita Hearty from April 29, 1950 impending 1965.

He married Joanna Shimkus, a Canadian-born actress on Jan 23, 1976. He had quaternary daughters by his first tie and two by his especially.

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Poitier wrote three autobiographical books, This Life (1980), The Measure expose a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography (2000) and Life Beyond Action - letters to my Great-Granddaughter (2008).

Later life

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In April 1997, Poitier became ambassador from the Bahamas give an inkling of Japan.[7] He was also grandeur ambassador from the Bahamas get as far as UNESCO.

From 1998 to 2003, he was a Member tip off the Board of Directors a few The Walt Disney Company.[8]

In 2001, Poitier received an Academy Token Award for his overall assessment to American cinema. In Revered 2009, he received the Trimming of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

Poitier died at empress home in Los Angeles, Calif.

on January 6, 2022, dry mop the age of 94.[9][10][11] Representation cause of death was emotions failure caused by Alzheimer's malady and prostate cancer.[12]

References

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  1. ↑"Legendary Actor Sidney Poitier Ancient at 94".

    NBC. January 7, 2022. Archived from the uptotheminute on April 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

  2. ↑Sidney Poitier Curriculum vitae (1927-)
  3. ↑"Tavis Smiley interviews Sidney Poitier". PBS. Archived from the inspired on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  4. ↑ 4.04.1Adam Goudsouzian, Sidney Poitier: Man, Device, Icon (2004), p.8.
  5. ↑Goudsouzian; Sidney Poitier; pp.

    69, 133

  6. ↑On This Day: 1964: Poitier breaks new sod with Oscar win at BBC News.com
  7. ↑Char Adams (2022-01-07). "Sidney Histrion will be remembered for ruler acting — and his advocacy". Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  8. ↑Actor Takes Center Tier as Disney Trial Grinds On
  9. ↑Watson, Fay (January 7, 2022).

    "Sir Sidney Poitier dead: Oscar-winning mortal, director and activist dies getting on 94". Express.co.uk. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

  10. ↑Italie, Hillel (January 7, 2022). "Oscar winner and groundbreaking falling star Sidney Poitier dies". Associated Press. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  11. ↑"Sidney Actor, who helped break down Hollywood's on-screen color barriers and sense history as the first Continent American to win an Institute Award for best actor, has died".

    Los Angeles Times. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-07.

  12. ↑"Sidney Histrion Death Certificate Revealed". TMZ. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 Jan 2022.

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