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Poitier was born on February 20 1927 in Miami Florida. A native of Cat Island the Bahamas although born two months prematurely in Miami during a visit by his parents Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of farmers Evelyn nee Outten and Reginald James Poitier who also drove a cab.
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The news was announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes from.
. He received two Academy Award nominations ten Golden Globes nominations two Primetime. His parents Evelyn Outten and Reginald James Poitier were farmers in the Bahamas and owned a farm. In the Heat of the Night.
Sidney Poitier has died aged 94. Poetàe is a city on the Clain river in west-central FranceIt is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of PoitouIn 2017 it had a population of 88291. 18 hours agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar has died.
Poitier was 44 years old at the time. He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964. 16 hours agoPoitier was born prematurely weighing just 3 pounds 14kg on February 20 1927 in Miami where his parents had gone to deliver tomatoes from their farm on tiny Cat Island in the Bahamas.
Its agglomeration has 130853 inhabitants in 2016 and is the center. He was the youngest of seven children. The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar.
14 hours agoLast modified on Fri 7 Jan 2022 1400 EST Sidney Poitier who has died aged 94 was the first black actor to win an Oscar in a leading. He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to Miami to live with his brother in order. 10 hours agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar has died.
February 20 1927 January 6 2022 was a Bahamian-American actor film director activist and ambassador. With the death of Maximilian Schell on February 1 2014 he is the earliest surviving actor to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Poitiers ˈ p w ɑː t i eɪ UK also ˈ p w ʌ t i eɪ US also ˌ p w ɑː t i ˈ eɪ-ˈ t j eɪ French.
In 1964 he won the Academy Award for Best Actor becoming the first African American and Bahamian actor to win the award. Poitier KBE ˈ p w ɑː t i eɪ.
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