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Sidney Poitier is a great actor, humanitarian, diplomat and
more. He received a great many awards during his acting career, most important
of which was his Academy Award for Best Actor, the first for a Black Actor.
He starred in such seminal works as To Sir with Love, In the
Heat of the Night, and Guess who’s coming to Dinner along with his work in
Theatre. He also directed and worked in a variety of roles within the
entertainment industry. For both his longevity and the impressiveness of his
contributions, he received an honorary award from the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences. What impressed me most about him was his dedication to his
craft. Initially, he had a fairly thick accent and was not taken seriously as
an actor, but he persevered and was eventually rewarded with a role on
Broadway. That was all he needed, and he never looked back. He managed to do
what was very difficult at that time; he played varied roles that were not
simple and crude stereotypes and his movies tended to be both critical and
financial successes.
He also has had a long and distinguished career in diplomacy
and has acted as the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan since 1997 and was awarded
the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.
He was a great actor, has been a great diplomat and has
always exuded an air of rarified dignity at all times.
Greatest quote:
"If I'm remembered for having done a few good
things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty"
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