Sidney Poitier's Lifestyle ★ 2021

and i was not what i was required to be in florida i was not that i couldn't be that sidney poitier is a famous bahamian american actor ambassador film director film producer and author sydney became the first black male to win an academy award when he won an academy award for best actor back in 1964. let me tell you that this actor is the oldest living as well as the earliest surviving winner of an academy award for best actor let me tell you that sydney served as the bahamian ambassador to japan from the year 1997 to 2007 and back in the year 1974 sydney was made an honorary knight commander of the order of the british empire in the year 2009 this successful actor received the presidential medal of freedom let me tell you that this medal is the highest civilian honor of the united states i was taught that i had basic rights as a human being i was taught that i was someone if you enjoy these videos please remember to hit the like button as it does help us out a lot and comment below who your favorite celebrity is that you'd love to see in an upcoming video his full name is sydney poitier but he's also known as poitier he was born february 20th 1927 in miami florida making him 93 at the time of this production he stands at 6 feet 2 inches tall or 1.892 meters the star sign of sydney is pisces let me tell you that sydney speaks russian fluently he's also the first actor to place footprints and autographs in the cement at the chinese theater of grauman back in the year 2005 premier magazine ranked him number 20 on the list of the greatest movie stars of all time moreover the american film institute has ranked him number 22 on the list of the 50 greatest screen legends sydney and sophia loren are the only two living actors on the afi list discussing the religious beliefs of sydney he was raised roman catholic however he later became agnostic let me tell you that this actor was the ambassador of the bahamas to unesco from the year 2002-2007 sydney is friends with harry belafonte who's an actor and activist let me tell you that sydney and harry were born nine days apart and they had met in new york at the age of 20. in 1950 sydney married juanita hardy and the couple remained married until 1965. in 1959 he started an affair with the famous actress diane carroll sydney dated carol for nine years then in 1976 he married joanna shimkas with juanita sydney has four daughters including gina sherry pamela and beverly with joanna this actor has two daughters including sydney tamilia and annika let me tell you that sydney has eight grandchildren as well as three great-grandchildren still i was taught that i was someone we had no electricity and no running water still i was taught that i was someone he was the youngest of seven children of reginald james poitier and evelyn his parents were bahamian farmers who owned a farm on cat island sydney's family lived in the bahamas and sydney was unexpectedly born in miami while the family was visiting miami for the weekend as a result sydney was entitled to american citizenship as well sydney's family used to travel to miami to sell tomatoes moreover his father worked as a cab driver in nassau in the bahamas it's worth mentioning that sydney was born two months premature and doctors did not expect he would survive however sydney's parents remained in miami for around three months to nurse sydney to health he grew up in the bahamas and moved to miami at the age of 15. then he moved to new york at the age of 16. let me tell you that sydney's uncle believed that sydney's ancestors on reginald's side had migrated from haiti he said that they were probably among the runaway slaves who established maroon communities in the bahamas his uncle stated that poitiers is a french name and added that there were no white poitiers from the bahamas sydney lived on cat island until he was 10 then the family moved to nassau sydney saw his first automobile in nassau and experienced electricity plumbing and motion pictures for the first time when sydney moved to new york at the age of 16 this man held various jobs as a dishwasher sydney lied about his age during the second world war and enlisted in the army he was discharged from the army in 1944 after sydney left the army he again worked as a dishwasher and later landed a spot with the american negro theater although he had joined the american negro theater audiences rejected him since sydney could not sing and had a strong bahamian accent for the next six months the actor worked hard to overcome these weaknesses eventually sydney earned a leading role in the broadway production called lis estrada sydney soon became a famous stage actor and started receiving offers for acting in films in 1950 this famous actor appeared in the successful film titled no way out the next year sydney traveled to south africa with the actor canada lee to play the lead role in the film of cry the beloved country let me tell you that sydney's breakout role was in blackboard jungle which was released in 1955. sydney went on to star in the defiant ones in 1958 then in 1959 sydney appeared in the first production of a raisin in the sun on broadway in 1961 sydney starred in the film version of a raisin in the sun in 1965 sydney performed in the bedford incident and the next year he appeared in a patch of blue in 1967 sydney appeared in three popular films including in the heat of the night to sir with love [Music] and guess who's coming to dinner sydney's also directed various films and the most successful film is the richard pryor gene wilder comedy stir crazy sydney made his feature film directorial debut with the western buck and the preacher he also starred in this film sydney has also recorded an album called poitier meets plato in 1963 sydney starred in the hit film a patch of blue sydney appeared in a few thrillers and tv roles during the late 80s and early 90s back in 2014 sydney appeared alongside angelina jolie at the 86th academy awards this famous actor presented the best director award at this event let me also tell you that sydney received a standing ovation and angelina thanked him for his contributions to hollywood you see i had very little education a year and a half in fact was all the schooling i was exposed to still i knew becoming a successful actor sydney has earned millions of dollars by appearing in various films and tv shows back in the year 1950 this actor earned three thousand dollars from the movie called no way out the next year he appeared in blackboard jungle which grossed over eight million dollars in box office sales sydney's salary from the film porgy and bess was 75 000 in 1959 then in 1967 his salary from the movies guess who's coming to dinner and in the heat of the night was nearly 400 000 in 1990 sydney appeared in the film ghost dad which grossed over 25 million dollars in global box office sales moreover he remained a member of the board of directors of the walt disney company from 1995 to 2003. the total net worth of sidney poitier is 25 million dollars currently sydney lives in his house in beverly hills previously he had a house on the hudson river in stuyvesant in new york sidney poitier likely owns the following cars a chrysler 300g a range rover [Music] a mercedes a cadillac escalade you

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Published: Wed Jan 27 2021