Sidney Poitier through the years (original) (raw)

Sidney Poitier Through the Years

Sidney Poitier in No Way Out. Everett Collection

Legendary actor Sidney Poitier died on Jan. 7, 2021 at 94.

Born in Miami on February 20, 1927, Poitier helped usher in a new era for African-American actors with his work.

Pictured here in 1950, the celebrated actor the actor, filmmaker, author, and diplomat had a storied career in Hollywood and Washington, earning an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom over the course of his life. See photos of him through the years, ahead.

Sidney Poitier in Cry the Beloved Country in 1952

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Sidney Poitier in Blackboard Jungle in 1955

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Sidney Poitier in Edge of the City in 1957

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Sidney Poitier With Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones in 1958

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones. Everett Collection

Sidney Poitier With Dorothy Jean Dandridge in Porgy and Bess in 1959

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Sidney Poitier in 1960

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Sidney Poitier in 1960

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Sidney Poitier With Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry Belafonte, and Asa Philip Randolph in 1960

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Sydney Poitier on May 13, 1961

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Sidney Poitier in Lilies Of The Field in 1963

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Sidney Poitier With Harry Belafonte and Charleton Heston at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963

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Sidney Poitier at the 36th Academy Awards in 1964

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Sidney Poitier in 1965

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Sidney Poitier at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1965

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Sidney Poitier With Rod Steiger in In the Heat of the Night in 1967

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Sidney Poitier With Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967

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Sidney Poitier at the Poor People's Campaign at Resurrection City in Washington, D.C. in May 1968

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Sidney Poitier on June 8, 1968

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Sidney Poitier in Buck and the Preacher in 1971

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Sidney Poitier at the American Film Institute 10th Anniversary at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. on November 17, 1977

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Sidney Poitier With Joanna Shimkus at an Equal Rights Amendment Event at Marlo Thomas' Home in Beverly Hills in 1979

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Sidney Poitier on September 15, 1980

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Sidney Poitier in Los Angeles on March 3, 1988

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Sidney Poitier With Gregory Peck at the American Museum of the Moving Image Tribute to Sidney Poitier on February 28, 1989

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Sidney Poitier at the Frank Sinatra Celebrity Open in Palm Springs on March 5, 1993

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Sidney Poitier at New York University's Graduation Ceremonies in New York on May 18, 1995

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Sidney Poitier With Joanna Shimkus at the 1996 National Board of Review Awards Dinner at Tavern on the Green in New York City on February 26, 1996

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Sidney Poitier With Nelson Mandela in Cape Town on May 17, 1996

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Sidney Poitier With Muhammad Ali on February 9, 1997

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Sidney Poitier in Beverly Hills on October 26, 1998

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Sidney Poitier in The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn in 1999

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Sidney Poitier With His Family at the Sixth Annual Screen Actors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on March 12, 2000

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Sidney Poitier at the 74th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 24, 2002

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Sidney Poitier With Denzel Washington at a NBA Playoff Game on April 25, 2002

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Sidney Poitier in Beverly Hills on June 2, 2008

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Sidney Poitier Receiving the Medal of Freedom From President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House on August 12, 2009

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Sidney Poitier at the 44th NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles on February 1, 2013

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Sidney Poitier Presenting In the Heat of the Night at AFI's Night at the Movies in Hollywood on April 24, 2013

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Sidney Poitier With Angelina Jolie Backstage at the Oscars on March 2, 2014

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Sidney Poitier With His Daughter Sydney at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2014

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Sidney Poitier at the Brigitte and Bobby Sherman Children's Foundation's 6th Annual Christmas Gala and Fundraiser in Beverly Hills on December 19, 2015

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