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The Hollywood star was known for films including Guess Whos Coming to Dinner In the Heat of the Night and Lilies of the Field for which he became the first Black and Bahamian man to win a Best Actor Oscar. He redefined the portrayal of Black Americans in Hollywood films.

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10 hours agoSidney Poitier whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywoods first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar has died.

. He received his award for playing Homer Smith in Lilies of the Field 1963 at The 36th Annual Academy Awards 1964. 10 hours agoSidney Poitier and John Cassavetes in 1957s Edge of the City Getty Images While Poitiers career is legendary his private life wasnt as glamorous. 9 hours agoSidney Poitiers career was marked by numerous honors and distinctions.

Poitier was 44 years old at the time. 9 hours agoActor Sidney Poitier has died at 94 Poitier was the first African American to win a Best Actor Oscar for 1963s Lilies of the FieldHis good looks and smooth commanding presence made him an icon. 9 hours agoSydney Poitiers Academy Award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field made him the first Black performer to win in the best-actor category.

Sidney Poitier has died aged 94. The news was announced by the Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell prompting tributes. The actor director civil rights activist and ambassador.

With the death of Maximilian Schell on February 1 2014 he is the earliest surviving actor to have won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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