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23 Sep 2022 · The acclaimed actor Sidney Poitier died at the age of 94. Speaking to Oprah in 2000, Poitier discussed his film career, experiencing racism, and the "sacredness" of death.
9 Jan 2022 · Sidney Poitier, who died this week at age 94, was a ground-breaking performer … truly in a class all his own. In 2013, "Sunday Morning" asked Lesley Stahl to talk with the Oscar-winning actor...
Speaker It didn’t matter how old you were once you got in there. They didn’t let you out until you were 18. So my dad sort of saw me four or five years being put away, and he thought that I ...
Poitier gained stardom for his leading roles in films such as The Defiant Ones (1958) for which he made history becoming the first African American to receive an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination. Additionally Poitier won the Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance.
7 Jan 2022 · Sidney Poitier rose to a position of international eminence from a childhood of poverty in the Bahamas, where he spent the first years of his life on a tiny island, without electricity or running water. He arrived in New York City as a teenager, nearly illiterate, but determined to make his mark on the world.
Speaker How old were you when you were wielding a pickaxe? Speaker Uh, I was 12 and a half, 13, you know, because I worked as a water boy for the start. Then I started with the big Axia, so close...
28 Feb 1989 · Relaxed and cheerful in a telephone interview from Los Angeles, Mr. Poitier reflected last week on the changes in the movie industry over 40 years and on the evolution of his own career, a...
