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Sidney L Poitier
1927 - 2022

BIRTHDATE: February 20, 1927
PASSED: January 06, 2022
OCCUPATION: Actor / Director
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ZODIAC: Pisces
CREATED BY: Guardian Angel

BIRTH CITY: Miami
BIRTH STATE: Florida
BIRTH COUNTRY: United States
CITY OF PASSING: Los Angeles
STATE OF PASSING: California
COUNTRY OF PASSING: United States

A FEW WORDS: Sidney L. Poitier, born in Miami, Florida, was a Bahamian-American actor and film director. In 1964, he was the first black person and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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Sidney Poitier was one of the first African-American film stars. He was a true activist and a great actor. Sidney won an Academy Award for Best Actor, A Life Achievement Award, a Grammy, a Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement, a Golden Globe award, and many more for his roles in film.

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Sidney Poitier with (left to right) daughter Anika, wife Joanna Shimkus, daughter Sydney at the Academy Awards, 3/24/2002

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Morgan Freeman and Sidney Poitier attend the 2012 ICON Awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel on June 6, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Sidney Poitier with family 2005 at the BAFTA/LA Cunard Britannia Awards.

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