Sidney Poitier

FilmGolden Age

First Black winner of the Best Actor Oscar

Facts

Born: 1927
Country: United States
Field: Film
Era: Golden Age

Overview

Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field 1963. In 1967 he starred in Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner, To Sir with Love, and In the Heat of the Night, three of the biggest films of that year. He received an honorary Oscar in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1995, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009. He directed nine films, including Stir Crazy 1980.

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