Sidney Poitier, trailblazing actor and director, has died at 94
Poitier’s performance as Gregory W. Miller, a rebellious high schooler, “exceedingly sharp.”) A few years later, after starring with Tony Curtis in Stanley Kramer’s, about two shackled prison escapees, Poitier earned a nod for best actor at the Academy Awards, becoming the first Black man to do so. He appeared in Lorraine Hansberry’sat around the same time, originating the role of Walter Lee Younger on Broadway in 1959.
From the beginning of his film career, Poitier avoided playing into racial stereotypes. “Years ago, before I became an actor, I used to go to pictures and when I saw a Negro on the screen, I always left the theater feeling embarrassment and uneasiness,” he. “There he was, devoid of any dignity—good maids who laughed too loudly, good butlers afraid of ghosts. In the old days it was a matter of taking whatever parts were offered just to eat.” He felt a responsibility to seek out more.
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