Sir Sidney Poitier, the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, has died at age 94.
Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell confirmed the actor’s passing, saying, “We’ve lost a great a Bahamian and I’ve lost a personal friend.” (A native of Cat Island in the Bahamas, Poitier at one time served as a Bahamian ambassador to Japan and Unesco.)...
Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell confirmed the actor’s passing, saying, “We’ve lost a great a Bahamian and I’ve lost a personal friend.” (A native of Cat Island in the Bahamas, Poitier at one time served as a Bahamian ambassador to Japan and Unesco.)...
- 1/7/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
On Monday evening, following a moving tribute at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, the Film Society of Lincoln Center bestowed its 38th annual Charlie Chaplin Award for Lifetime Achievement to one of the last great male stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age — a trailblazer unlike any other — Sidney Poitier. The actor, who is now 84 and retired from acting, rarely leaves the friendly confines of Beverly Hills, but made the trip across the country to New York to personally collect this high honor. (Previous recipients include Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Laurence Olivier, Federico Fellini, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis, James Stewart, Robert Altman, Martin Scorsese, Diane Keaton, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep.)
Poitier, whose film career began in 1950 with a starring role in “No Way Out,” became the first black movie star by appearing in a number of critically and/or commercially acclaimed films in the 1950s and 1960s — among them...
Poitier, whose film career began in 1950 with a starring role in “No Way Out,” became the first black movie star by appearing in a number of critically and/or commercially acclaimed films in the 1950s and 1960s — among them...
- 5/7/2011
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
Mary-Louise Parker was the second celebrity speaker (following Bill Cosby) to pay their respects to Sidney Poitier last night at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Chaplin Award Gala, which honored the Hollywood legend. Parker, who had worked with Poitier in the 1999 TV movie "The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn," fondly reflected on the time she spent with the icon on set. "Sidney’s presence can be overwhelming even for ...
- 5/3/2011
- Indiewire
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At last night’s Film Society of Lincoln Center gala, numerous celebrities were on hand to celebrate Sidney Poitier, the 38th annual Charlie Chaplin award recipient. Poitier was the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor, for his role in the 1963 movie “Lilies of the Field.”
Poitier garnered leading roles in films at a time when black actors were usually relegated to submissive or demeaning parts. During the presentation, presenter Quentin Tarantino recounted the...
At last night’s Film Society of Lincoln Center gala, numerous celebrities were on hand to celebrate Sidney Poitier, the 38th annual Charlie Chaplin award recipient. Poitier was the first black person to win an Oscar for best actor, for his role in the 1963 movie “Lilies of the Field.”
Poitier garnered leading roles in films at a time when black actors were usually relegated to submissive or demeaning parts. During the presentation, presenter Quentin Tarantino recounted the...
- 5/3/2011
- by Julie Steinberg
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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