Sidney Poitier

Tall and handsome with a low and seductively smooth voice and. In November 1943 16-year-old Sidney Poitier lied about his age and entered the Army as he was homeless and the military took him in out of the cold.

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Sidney Poitier who has died aged 94 was the first black actor to win an Oscar in a leading role in 1964 for his performance in Lilies of the Field.

. Sidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to. This simple story about a handyman helping. He served as a medical attendant at a mental hospital in New York.

Sidney Poitier the renowned Hollywood icon director and activist who commanded the screen reshaped the culture and paved the way for countless other Black actors with stirring performances in. Sidney Poitier epitomized dignity and grace revealing the power of movies to bring us closer together Obama wrote on Twitter. After he was threatened with shock therapy treatments he admitted to lying.

Disliking Army life Poitier attempted to fake insanity in an attempt to get discharged.

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