Sidney Poitier

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activist author film actor film director human stage actor

Sidney Poitier was a groundbreaking Bahamian-American actor, director, and activist who became the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor and helped transform the portrayal of African Americans in Hollywood.

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Label Occurrences
Sidney Poitier canonical 36
Poitier 1
Sidney L. Poitier 1

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instanceOf activist ⓘ
author ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
academyAwardedFor performance in Lilies of the Field ⓘ
academyAwardYear 1964 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Bahamas ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-02-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2022-01-06 ⓘ
directed A Piece of the Action ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher ⓘ
Let's Do It Again ⓘ
Stir Crazy ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Sidney Poitier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Poitier
fullName Sidney Poitier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sidney L. Poitier
genre autobiography ⓘ
givenName Sidney ⓘ
influenced representation of African Americans in Hollywood cinema ⓘ
movement American civil rights movement ⓘ
notableAchievement first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
notableWork A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ⓘ
In the Heat of the Night ⓘ
Lilies of the Field ⓘ
The Defiant Ones ⓘ
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography ⓘ
To Sir, with Love ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
civil rights activist ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
film director ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Miami, Florida, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
positionHeld Bahamian Ambassador to Japan ⓘ
Bahamian Ambassador to UNESCO ⓘ
spouse Joanna Shimkus ⓘ
Juanita Hardy ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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Lilies of the Field → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Lilies of the Field → portrayedBy → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
subject surface form: Homer Smith
Duel at Diablo → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Duel at Diablo → leadActor → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
The Wilby Conspiracy → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
The Wilby Conspiracy → hasCastMember → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Stir Crazy → director → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
In the Heat of the Night → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Porgy and Bess → filmAdaptationStars → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Actors Studio → notableMember → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award → notableRecipient → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
The Defiant Ones → stars → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
The Defiant Ones → portrayedBy → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → director → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → coStar → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → directorDebutOf → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → producer → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Buck and the Preacher → leadActor → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night → director → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Uptown Saturday Night → leadActor → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Sidney Poitier → fullName → Sidney Poitier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sidney L. Poitier
Sidney Poitier → familyName → Sidney Poitier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Poitier
Homer Smith → portrayedBy → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Honorary Golden Bear → hasRecipient → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Sidney → hasNotableBearer → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Glenn Ford → workedWith → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) → starring → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
subject surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (film) → leadActor → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
subject surface form: They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
The Organization (film) → stars → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
subject surface form: The Organization
The Organization (film) → leadActor → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
subject surface form: The Organization
Virgil Tibbs → portrayedBy → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Sneakers → hasCastMember → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor → hasWinner → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) → castMember → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Dr. John Prentice → portrayedBy → Sidney Poitier ⓘ
Mabel King → workedWith → Sidney Poitier ⓘ