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Sidney Poitier

Sidney PoitierBorn: 20-Feb-1927
Birthplace: Miami, FL

Gender: Male
Religion: Deist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Film Director

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: In The Heat Of The Night

Father: Reginald James Poitier (farmer)
Mother: Evelyn Outten
Brother: Cyril Poitier (b. circa 1911, d. 13-Nov-1991)
Wife: Juanita Hardy (four daughters)
Daughter: Beverly
Daughter: Pamela
Daughter: Sherri
Daughter: Gina
Wife: Joanna Shimkus (m. 23-Jan-1976, two daughters)
Daughter: Anika
Daughter: Sydney Tamiia Poitier (actress, b. 15-Nov-1973)

    American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2005
    Oscar for Best Actor 1964 for Lilies of the Field
    Oscar (honorary) 2002
    Golden Globe 1964 for Lilies of the Field
    Golden Globe 1969 for World Film Favorite, Male
    American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1992
    Kennedy Center Honor 1995
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
    Knight of the British Empire 1974
    Vagrancy New York
    Haitian Ancestry Paternal
    Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer, Gonorrhea

    FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
    Ghost Dad (29-Jun-1990)
    Fast Forward (15-Feb-1985)
    Hanky Panky (04-Jun-1982)
    Stir Crazy (12-Dec-1980)
    A Piece of the Action (1977)
    Let's Do It Again (1975)
    Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
    A Warm December (1973)
    Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Tell Them Who You Are (11-Sep-2004) Himself
    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (9-May-1999)
    David and Lisa (1-Nov-1998)
    The Jackal (14-Nov-1997)
    Mandela and de Klerk (16-Feb-1997)
    To Sir, with Love II (7-Apr-1996)
    Children of the Dust (26-Feb-1995)
    Sneakers (9-Sep-1992)
    Separate But Equal (7-Apr-1991)
    Little Nikita (18-Mar-1988)
    Shoot To Kill (12-Feb-1988)
    A Piece of the Action (1977)
    The Wilby Conspiracy (13-Feb-1975)
    Let's Do It Again (1975)
    Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
    A Warm December (1973)
    Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)
    The Organization (20-Oct-1971)
    They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (08-Jul-1970)
    For Love of Ivy (17-Jul-1968)
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (11-Dec-1967)
    In the Heat of the Night (2-Aug-1967)
    To Sir, With Love (14-Jun-1967)
    Duel at Diablo (15-Jun-1966)
    The Slender Thread (23-Dec-1965)
    A Patch of Blue (10-Dec-1965)
    The Greatest Story Ever Told (15-Feb-1965)
    The Bedford Incident (Jan-1965)
    Lilies of the Field (5-Jul-1963)
    The Long Ships (1963)
    Pressure Point (2-Dec-1962)
    Paris Blues (27-Sep-1961)
    A Raisin in the Sun (29-May-1961)
    Porgy and Bess (24-Jun-1959)
    The Defiant Ones (14-Aug-1958)
    Band of Angels (3-Aug-1957)
    Something of Value (10-May-1957)
    Edge of the City (29-Jan-1957)
    Good-bye, My Lady (12-May-1956)
    Blackboard Jungle (19-Mar-1955)
    Cry, the Beloved Country (23-Jan-1952)
    No Way Out (16-Aug-1950)


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