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    Sidney Poitier

    1927-02-20 (97 years old) in Miami, Florida, USA

    Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

    Movies

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    Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
    68 %|Jul 30, 2023
    Documentary, Music
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    Paul Newman: The Restless
    80 %|Jun 11, 2023
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain
    76 %|Oct 15, 2022
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Sidney
    77 %|Sep 10, 2022
    Documentary
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    Poitier's Walter Lee
    0 %|Sep 25, 2018
    Documentary
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    Mr. SOUL!
    70 %|Apr 27, 2018
    Documentary, Comedy, Music
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    I Am Not Your Negro
    77 %|Feb 3, 2017
    Documentary
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    The Madding Crowd
    0 %|Feb 1, 2017
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    And the Oscar Goes To...
    69.7 %|Feb 1, 2014
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Moms Mabley
    68 %|Apr 20, 2013
    Documentary
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    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
    100 %|Jan 1, 2013
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Sing Your Song
    69 %|Jan 13, 2012
    Documentary, Music
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    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
    67 %|Oct 13, 2007
    Documentary, Comedy
    actor
    Hollywood Legenden
    20 %|Jan 1, 2004
    Documentary
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    The Making of ‘Sneakers’
    0 %|Jun 3, 2003
    Documentary
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    Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
    100 %|Nov 18, 2001
    Documentary
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    The Last Brickmaker in America
    70 %|Sep 23, 2001
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
    0 %|Jun 29, 2000
    Documentary
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    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
    60 %|Feb 2, 2000
    Documentary
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    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
    59 %|May 9, 1999
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Free of Eden
    100 %|Feb 21, 1999
    Drama, TV Movie
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    David and Lisa
    55 %|Nov 1, 1998
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    The Jackal
    64 %|Nov 14, 1997
    Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
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    Mandela and de Klerk
    64 %|Feb 16, 1997
    Drama, History, TV Movie
    actor
    Afro Promo
    0 %|Jan 31, 1997
    Documentary
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    To Sir, with Love II
    65 %|Apr 7, 1996
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
    80 %|Jan 1, 1995
    Documentary
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    Sneakers
    69 %|Sep 9, 1992
    Comedy, Crime, Drama
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    Separate But Equal
    65 %|Apr 7, 1991
    History, TV Movie, Drama
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    Little Nikita
    59.42999999999999 %|Mar 17, 1988
    Drama, Action, Thriller
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    Shoot to Kill
    65.56 %|Feb 12, 1988
    Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
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    Night of 100 Stars II
    80 %|Mar 10, 1985
    Comedy, Music, TV Movie, Documentary
    actor
    I Love Quincy
    0 %|Mar 23, 1984
    Documentary, Music
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    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
    68 %|Oct 29, 1979
    Documentary
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    A Piece of the Action
    55 %|Oct 7, 1977
    Comedy, Crime
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    Let's Do It Again
    67 %|Oct 11, 1975
    Comedy, Crime
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    The Wilby Conspiracy
    65 %|Feb 1, 1975
    Adventure, Thriller
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    Uptown Saturday Night
    62 %|Jul 26, 1974
    Comedy, Crime, Action
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    A Warm December
    64 %|May 23, 1973
    Drama, Romance
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    Nationtime
    0 %|Nov 1, 1972
    Documentary
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    Buck and the Preacher
    61 %|Mar 17, 1972
    Action, Comedy, Western
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    The Organization
    60 %|Oct 20, 1971
    Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    Brother John
    63 %|Aug 15, 1971
    Drama, Science Fiction
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    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
    57 %|Jul 10, 1970
    Drama, Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
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    The Lost Man
    40 %|Jul 11, 1969
    Drama
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    For Love of Ivy
    58 %|Jul 17, 1968
    Comedy, Romance
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    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
    75.58 %|Dec 11, 1967
    Drama, Romance
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    In the Heat of the Night
    76.31 %|Aug 2, 1967
    Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    To Sir, with Love
    74.94 %|Jun 14, 1967
    Drama
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    Duel at Diablo
    63 %|Jun 15, 1966
    Western
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    The Strolling '20s
    0 %|Feb 4, 1966
    Music, Comedy, TV Movie
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    The Slender Thread
    71 %|Dec 15, 1965
    Drama
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    A Patch of Blue
    75 %|Dec 10, 1965
    Drama, Romance
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    The Bedford Incident
    68.91 %|Oct 11, 1965
    Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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    The Greatest Story Ever Told
    64 %|Apr 9, 1965
    Drama, History
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    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
    70 %|Jan 1, 1965
    Documentary
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    The Long Ships
    60 %|Apr 22, 1964
    Adventure, Drama
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    Lilies of the Field
    72 %|Jun 4, 1963
    Comedy, Drama
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    Pressure Point
    66 %|Oct 10, 1962
    Drama
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    Paris Blues
    65 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Romance, Drama, Music
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    A Raisin in the Sun
    76 %|May 28, 1961
    Drama, Romance
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    All the Young Men
    62 %|Aug 26, 1960
    Action, Adventure, Drama, War
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    Virgin Island
    50 %|Aug 7, 1959
    Drama, Romance
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    Porgy and Bess
    62 %|Jun 24, 1959
    Music, Drama, Romance
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    The Defiant Ones
    71.57 %|Aug 14, 1958
    Crime, Drama
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    The Mark of the Hawk
    30 %|Dec 1, 1957
    Drama, History
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    Band of Angels
    61 %|Aug 3, 1957
    Romance, Drama, History
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    Something of Value
    54 %|May 8, 1957
    Drama, War
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    Edge of the City
    71 %|Jan 4, 1957
    Drama
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    Good-bye, My Lady
    77 %|May 12, 1956
    Drama
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    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
    0 %|Oct 2, 1955
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    Blackboard Jungle
    69 %|Mar 25, 1955
    Crime, Drama
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    Go Man Go
    57 %|Jan 27, 1954
    Drama
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    The Red Ball Express
    58 %|May 29, 1952
    Action, Drama, War
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    Cry, the Beloved Country
    59 %|Nov 16, 1951
    Drama
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    No Way Out
    69 %|Aug 16, 1950
    Drama, Crime, Thriller

    Series

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    Children of the Dust
    70 %|Feb 26, 1995
    Western, Drama
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    Separate but Equal
    60 %|Apr 7, 1991
    Drama
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    The Kennedy Center Honors
    72 %|Dec 28, 1978
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    The Dick Cavett Show
    66 %|Jun 6, 1968
    Talk
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    Tony Awards
    50 %|Apr 1, 1956
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    Cinépanorama
    80 %|Feb 4, 1956
    Documentary, Family, Talk
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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    Omnibus
    60 %|Nov 9, 1952
    Talk
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    56 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    56 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama
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    Golden Globe Awards
    68 %|Jan 20, 1944
    Talk