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Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen.
He became the first Black actor to win the
Academy Award for
Best Actor for
Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a
Grammy Award, two
Golden Globe Awards and a
British Academy Film Award. Poitier received numerous honoraries during his lifetime including the
Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement in film in 2001. In 1992, he received the
AFI Life Achievement Award. In 1994, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1981, he received the
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and in 2016 he received the
BAFTA Fellowship.
In 1995, Poitier received the
Kennedy Center Honor and in 2009, he was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom from
Barack Obama.
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[2] He was also awarded as Knight Commander of the
Order of the British Empire by
Queen Elizabeth II in 1974.
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Awards
Honorary Awards
Sidney Poitier receiving the
Presidential Medal of Freedom from
Barack Obama in 2009
- In 1992, Poitier received the AFI Life Achievement Award.
- In 1995, Poitier received the Kennedy Center Honor
Walk of Fame
- In 1994, Poitier received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
Honorary Knighthood
Other tributes
References
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"PRIZES & HONOURS 1963". berlinale.de.
Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
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"President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients", White House Office of the Press Secretary, July 30, 2009.
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"Award of Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) to Sidney Poitier, actor... | The National Archives". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
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"CNN.com - U.S. general knighthood sparks row - May 25, 2004". www.cnn.com.
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"Reagan Now a Knight but Not a Sir : Queen Bestows Title--No Dubbing, No Kneeling Required". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 1989.
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"Berlinale 1963: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
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"Film Society of Lincoln Center honors the life and career of Sidney Poitier"
Archived September 11, 2012, at
archive.today, Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts, May 2, 2011.
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"Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org.
American Academy of Achievement.
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"Photos: 2014: Oprah Winfrey introducing legend of American cinema, Sidney Poitier, at an American Academy of Achievement ceremony in Los Angeles, California; Oprah Winfrey presents Sidney Poitier with the Academy of Achievement's Gold Medal".
American Academy of Achievement.