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  • tmoney007nc
    I loved his performance in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" An inspirational actor and a damn fine human being.
    posted 684 days ago
  • hotgirllia
    sidney poitier was never born in miami im related t him he forgot us black people in the Bahamas wat about the people who wants to be actors in the bahamas we cant do that why cant we lets see were black some people are racist and we live in the carribean im 10 years old my name is Alyah Potier and m from the bahamas
    posted 698 days ago
  • chicolisa
    Check out the March 2008 issue of Traditional Home magazine. It has a profile of Sidney and his wife Joanna in their Beverly Hills Home
    posted 705 days ago
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    posted 719 days ago
  • bamatexgirl
    personification of cool. this guy can do no wrong. well some of his comedies were well.....anyway the consumate actor. i feel him and i believe him.
    posted 839 days ago
  • sgnirehtfodrol411
    I loved his Autobiography "The Measure Of A Man" it was so inspiring... No Wonder it was listed in Oprah's Book Club!!!!
    posted 966 days ago
  • abbiebrinson
    LOVE SIDNEY ESPECIALLY AS DETECTIVE VIRGIL TIBBS
    posted 985 days ago
  • HoneyBronze
    I love this man's movies that he directed, acting, and will always be an icon. Happy 80th Sidney!!!
    posted 994 days ago
  • ashleyannl
    He's a really awsome actor, and he play Mr. Tibbs in the Heat of the Night
    posted 1047 days ago

Details


  • Name: Sidney Poitier
  • Date of Birth: February 20, 1927
  • Birthplace: Miami, Florida, USA