Guess who was spotted having lunch at an outside café. Hint: He’s a living screen legend.
It’s Sidney Poitier, enjoying the sunny Los Angeles weather on Wednesday, February 23. He’s starred in over 50 films, was named one of the Greatest Male Stars of All Time and became the first African-American to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 1963.
This just reminded me of how much I need to read his autobiographies.
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Didn’t know an African American won the Oscar that early, that’s amazing.
Didn’t know he was the a pivotal black actor in those times married to a white woman…justsayn..
trippin out on phuck la-verite new screen name!!! hahahaha !!! lol rotflmao
your ignorant…… justsayin#
Correction he was the Second.
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 – October 25, 1952) was an American actress and the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
please read, it said first african American MALE to win BEST ACTOR, not female and not SUPPORTING….young people smh
name a movie he was in… anything recent or in the past 10 years. I’ve never heard of him. I thought Denzel was the first black man to win an Oscar and Halle Berry was the first black female. Am I wrong?
wrong and uneducated the fact that you’re on the internet and can have instant access to the question you’re asking is very disturbing. Enough said.
OMG!!! Sadly mistaken…”YOU” should look it up!!! Obviously you have a computer….
Just becuase you don’t know your history or true talent doesen’t mean he is not one of the greatest. This man is a LEGEND, please show some respect.
Yes you are…smh
It it wasn’t for this man and many others including Cicely Tyson, black actors like Denzel and Halle would not be where they are today! Google or even picking up a book sometimes will help you gain knowledge of history…espically BLACK history!
maybe I phrased this question wrong. I mean name a movie he was in so I might know who he is. I’ve never seen or heard of him before so I asked for someone to name a movie so I might know! I didn’t mean to say anything insulting! I know its Black History Month! Every year around this time I learn more about black people and their accomplishments. You don’t learn about ALL black accomplishments in school.
NO WONDER I DON’T KNOW WHO HE IS! I looked his name up and all his movies was before I was born! Well majority of them and the others I’ve never heard of. I love me some Black History Month! I learn so much about black people around this time of the year. Too bad its the shortest month!
Wow! Are you kidding me. This is SIDNEY POITIER!!!!!!! THIS IS SIDNEY POITIER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look buddy, you need to google this man. He is a big reason a site like Concrete Loop can exist! Then go to bing, then go to yahoo, etc….. He literally paved, scrapped, shoveled, and any other metaphor you want to use for every black actor or actress working today. He made black actors acceptable. He made black actors useable. He made black actor viable and relavent. SIDNEY POITIER!!!!!!!! This man inspired Oprah, Denzel, Jamie, Halle, Angela, and any other one name black personality you or I can name. Black actors did not begin with Denzel and Halle. Denzel and Halle are amazing and great but SIDNEY POITIER is the reason they can be what they are today. Without him they could possible be bit players in some white actors movie! LEARN YOUR HISTORY AND DO NOT COMMENT UNTIL YOU DO!
oh my word…please use the Internet to educate yourself. his movies were made before I was born and probably the majority of the ppl here. glad you are excited to learn more and you should definitely spend some time learning more about this man.
**If** i ment
This negro laid the groundwork and paved the way for future black “actors” on how to sell your soul in Hollywood to receive fame and accolades. He established the “noble negro” archetype in film that has been carried on by Denzel Washington. He was an early pawn used by Jewish Hollywood to push the so-called “civil rights movement” in cinema by constantly making the characters he played sympathetic, upright figures in juxtaposition to allegedly “simple-minded” caucasian characters. He worships the Baphomet like they all do.
What’s wrong with being “urpight” “noble” and “sympathetic”?…and i thought white people were “simple-minded”(cave people)?
A really good film of Mr. Poitier’s is The Defiant Ones. It plays on TCM often, and it’s worth checking out.
@sis89bp He played “Mandela” looooonggg before Morgan Freeman did he was the actor that showed that black actors had wonderful range and demension. He is really fascinating person. If you want to learn more about Black history you can research if you choose because Black history is American history.
OMG u havent seen To sir with Love? Read the book first tho
Blackboard Jungle
Lilies of the Field
Guess who’s coming to dinner