Sidney poitier • actor

Poitier, right, in a scene from A Raisin in the Sun.

b. 1927
Sidney Poitier was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1963 film, Lilies of the Field. Some of his film credits include Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and the film adaptation of Porgy and Bess.
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Click here for a short film about Poitier's life.