BORN TODAY: SIDNEY POITIER

Sidney poitier

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO SIDNEY POITIER.

BORN TODAY: SIR SIDNEY POITIER.

20 FEBRUARY (1927). BORN IN MIAMI (FLORIDA).

ACTOR, DIRECTOR, AUTHOR, ACCADEMICO.

IN 1963-1964 BECAME THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR (OSCAR).

SPOSATO DUE VOLTE, JUANITA HARDY (1950-1965) AND JOANNA SHIMKUS (1976-2011). 

NEL 2002 GLI VIENE CONFERITO L'OSCAR ALLA CARRIERA.

 

"Tu sei mio padre e io sono tuo figlio. Ti voglio bene, te ne ho sempre voluto e te ne vorrò sempre. Ma tu ti consideri ancora un uomo di colore, mentre io mi considero un uomo".

 

"Non piangere, ragazzo bianco, non morirai!".

 


 

The 1964 Academy Awards in which Sidney Poitier receives the Oscar for the Best Actor for his role in the movie Lilies of the Field. He is handed the Oscar by the actress, Anne Bancroft.

 

 

 

In the movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967) Sidney Poitier talks about his children from his planned mixed marriage who would become President  or at least Secretary of State.

 


 

Poitier Talks About His History-Making Oscar Win & Denzel Washington.

 

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