Poitier
Americannoun
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At age 39, Jordan joins a small circle of Black actors who have won the prestigious best actor Oscar, after Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker and Will Smith.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
"I stand here because of the people who came before me - Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Forest Whitaker, Will Smith," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
As Belafonte later wrote, Poitier told him afterward, half joking, half shaken: “Don’t ever call me again for something like this.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
In my very first film, Sidney Poitier gave me this black box with everything that I would need in it to do my own hair and makeup.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024
They were supposed to send in a movie called Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, with Sidney Poitier.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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