Sidney Poitier - Bio, Net Worth, Height

ORIGIN
Sidney Poitier was an actor and film director. He became the first African-American Academy Award winner for Best Actor in 1964. Poitier was born to Bahamian parents Evelyn and Reginald Poitier on February 20, 1927, in Miami, Florida. He grew up in Cat Island, Bahamas. He moved back to Miami, Florida as a teenager and later to New York City. He served briefly in the U.S. Army prior to acting.

CAREER
Poitier joined the American Negro Theater and appeared in early productions like ‘Days of Our Youth’, ‘Lysistrata’ and ‘Anna Lucasta’. He made his film debut in the 1950 film noir, No Way Out. Poitier played his breakout role “Gregory Miller” in the 1955 film, Blackboard Jungle. He won his first Academy Award in 1964 for the film, Lilies of the Field. Other notable films include ‘To Sir, with Love’, ‘In the Heat of the Night’ and ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’. He was ranked among the Greatest Male Stars of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute in 1999. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009 by President Barack Obama.

PERSONAL
Sidney Poitier died on January 6, 2022, at the age of 94. His official cause of death was heart failure. He was also battling Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer as per his death certificate. Poitier was 6ft 2in tall and he had an estimated net worth of $20 million. The late actor was married to his first wife “Juanita Hardy” from 1950 to 1965, and to his second wife “Joanna Shimkus” from 1976 until his death. He had 6 daughters, Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, Gina, Anika, and Sydney.

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