40+ Great Photos of Sidney Poitier. Sid poitier has always had a quiet dignity and elegance and his performances have been consistently excellent. The wonderful sidney poitier made his fim debut auspiciously in the 1950 joe mankiewicz drama, no way out. A native of cat island, the bahamas (although born, two months prematurely, in miami during a visit by his parents), poitier grew up in poverty as the son of farmers evelyn (nee outten) and reginald james poitier, who also drove a cab. He received his award for playing homer smith in lilies of the field (1963) at the 36th annual academy awards (1964). He had little formal education and at the age of 15 was sent to miami to live with his brother, in order to.
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