Sidney Poitier -- Hollywood's first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
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Poitier dazzled Hollywood with on-screen grace and bankability. His dignified roles and respectable values forever changed the image of Blacks, then mostly portrayed as maids, buffoons or criminals.
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Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies
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Sidney Poitier -- Hollywood's first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen
Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen, became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to be a top box-office draw, has died. He was 94.
Poitier was the first Black actor to win a Best Actor Oscar, for 1963's Lilies of the Field. His good looks and smooth, commanding presence made him an icon to generations of moviegoers.
Hollywood stars like Whoopi Goldberg, Octavia Spencer and more shared tributes Friday to screen legend Sidney Poitier following news of his death. He was 94.
Sidney Poitier, known for classics like "A Raisin in the Sun" and "In the Heat of the Night," was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best actor. The renowned actor and director has died at the age of 94.
Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood's first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He was 94.
Actor was first Black man to win an Academy Award for best lead performance, for role in 1964 film 'Lilies of the Field' and transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen
The first Black performer to win the Academy Award for best actor, for “Lilies of the Field,” he once said he felt “as if I were representing 15, 18 million people with every move I made.”
