Sidney Portier
Movie Actor, Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1924. He was born prematurely and was not expected to survive. His father had already prepared for his burial, but he miraculously recovered. His Family moved to the Bahamas, where he grew up. He was the youngest of eight siblings. Poitier dropped out of school after only 1 and a half years to help his sick father tend to the tomato farm. At age 15, he moved back to Miami where he was born. There he would live with his brother, Cyril, and worked as a drugstore messenger. His West Indian accent was misunderstood and was the reason for many prejudice attacks. Poitier told The New York Times Magazine, "I experienced tremendous loneliness as a result of realizing for the firs time that I couldn't trust adults." He decided to leave Miami after a warning visit from The KKK at his brother's house. He wanted to move to New York, but he had no money. He railed hopped and arrived with only a few dollars in his pocket. He got a job washing dishes; he slept on a roof across from the Capitol Theatre. Because of the hars
" ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. " Others say he was too composed and he lacked passion that was needed to fuel civil rights movements. In 1967, he broke a Major Hollywood barrier; he had the first on-screen kiss between a white person and a black person in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. He played a prison ward doctor struggling to do his job amidst escalating racial tension in the cells. Man other strong leading roles followed this one. In 1977 he paired Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in the comedy hit Stir Crazy. "In the 1970's he took a break from acting and took a seat in the director's chair. He is now in his seventies, but he still receives scripts. In 1958, he was the first black actor ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in The Defiant Ones. The parents' reaction to their daughter's betrayal showed that people did not accept marriages outside of their own race. In that Movie played the fiance of a rich white girl who brings him home to meet her parents. In his first audition, he was laughed at then booed off of the stage. In 1992 he appeared in Sneakers, and 5 years later in The Jackal Starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere.
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