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Biography
Born February 20, 1927 - Sidney Poitier was to Hollywood what Jackie Robinson was to major league baseball: simply put, the man who broke the color barrier. An actor, director, and producer, he forever altered the racial perceptions long held by both motion picture audiences and executives, rising to superstar status in an industry forever dominated on both sides of the ca... Continue Bio >>

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Filmography:
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2004 Tell Them Who You Are
2001 The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
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Discography:
1969 Sidney Poitier Reads Poetry of the Black Man
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