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Sidney Poitier
A native of Cat Island, The Bahamas (though born in Miami during a mainland visit by his parents), Poitier grew up in poverty as the son of farmers Evelyn (Outten) and Reginald James Poitier, who also drove a cab. He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to Miami to live with his brother, in order to forestall a growing ...
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Actor (54 credits)
Actor (54 credits)
1995
Children of the Dust
(TV Mini-Series)
Gypsy Smith
Gypsy Smith
- Episode #1.2
(1995)
... Gypsy Smith
- Episode #1.1
(1995)
... Gypsy Smith
1952-1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
(TV Series)
Tommy Tyler
Tommy Tyler
- A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
(1955)
... Tommy Tyler
- Parole Chief
(1952)
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Director (9 credits)
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Soundtrack (4 credits)
Soundtrack (4 credits)
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Producer (3 credits)
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Writer (1 credit)
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Self (120 credits)
Self (120 credits)
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Archive footage (38 credits)
Archive footage (38 credits)
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He played Walter Lee Younger in Lorraine Hansberry's play, "A Raisin in the Sun," at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Ruby Dee (Ruth Younger); Glynn Turman (Travis Younger); Diana Sands (Beneatha Younger); Claudia McNeil (Lena Younger); Ivan Dixon (Joseph Asagai); Lou Gossett (George Murchison); Lonne Elder III ... See more »Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 5 Print Biographies | 1 Portrayal | 2 Interviews | 7 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 7 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »Alternate Names:
Sir Sidney PoitierHeight:
6' 2½" (1.89 m)
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[re writer/director Richard Brooks ] He was both intense and very feeling, very human. He had a wonderful, wonderful sense of other people. He was not particularly enamored of himself. He was the kind off guy who had a sense of fairness, and he employed that sense in his life, and in his work, so that some people were surprised at him, some people deeply loved him, and some people were just put ... See more »Star Sign:
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