Coretta Scott King Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1981) Winner
Sidney Poitier
シドニー・ポワチエ
Shidonī Powachie
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-02-20 （Miami, Florida）
- Died
- 2022-01-06 （Beverly Hills, California） age 94
- Nationality
- Bahamian, American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic (raised)/Agnostic
- Residence History
- Bahamas (Cat Island, Nassau) → Miami, Florida → New York City → Mount Vernon, New York → Stuyvesant, New York → Beverly Hills, California
Career
- Occupations
- Actor, Film director, Activist, Diplomat
- Active Years
- 1946-2009
- Affiliations
- American Negro Theatre, First Artists Production Company
- Memberships
- Committee for the Negro in the Arts
- Influenced By
- Paul Robeson, Harry Belafonte
- Influenced
- Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman
- Nominations
- Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play - A Raisin in the Sun, Emmy Award nominations
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Academy Award for Best Actor | Lilies of the Field | — | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | won |
| 1964 | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Lilies of the Field | — | Hollywood Foreign Press Association | won |
| 1959 | BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor | The Defiant Ones | — | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | won |
| 2001 | Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album | The Measure of a Man | — | National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences | won |
| 2009 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | — | — | President of the United States | won |
Academy Award for Best Actor
1964
Work:
Lilies of the Field
Organization:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result:
won
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
1964
Work:
Lilies of the Field
Organization:
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Result:
won
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
1959
Work:
The Defiant Ones
Organization:
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Result:
won
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
2001
Work:
The Measure of a Man
Organization:
National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
Result:
won
Presidential Medal of Freedom
2009
Organization:
President of the United States
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
This Life
1980 AutobiographyAutobiography detailing Poitier's life from childhood to acting career.
RacismDignity
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
2000 AutobiographySpiritual autobiography sharing life lessons.
SpiritualityLife lessons
Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
2008 Epistolary autobiographyLetters to his great-granddaughter sharing wisdom.
FamilyWisdom
Bibliography
- This Life (1980)
- The Measure of a Man (2000)
- Life Beyond Measure (2008)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Dignified proseReflective
- Recurring Motifs
- RaceDignityFamily
Health
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Alzheimer's disease晩年Contributing cause of death
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Prostate cancer晩年Contributing cause of death
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Cardiopulmonary failure2022年1月Immediate cause of death
Legacy
First Black actor to win Best Actor Oscar, broke racial barriers in Hollywood, paving way for future actors.
In Popular Culture
- Basis for DC Comics Green Lantern John Stewart's design
Quotes
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If the fabric of the society were different, I would scream to high heaven to play villains and to deal with different images of Negro life that would be more dimensional. But I'll be damned if I do that at this stage of the game. Not when there is only one Negro actor working in films with any degree of consistency.
Source: 1967 interview (1967)
Trivia
- Born unexpectedly premature in Florida with low survival odds.
- Raised in Bahamas but US birth granted citizenship.
- Faked mental illness to get discharged from US Army.