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Sing Your Song
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In the Heat of the Night
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Blackboard Jungle
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Sing Your Song
Releases May. 29, 2012
Band of Angels
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The Mark of the Hawk
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No Way Out
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Tell Them Who You Are
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Blackboard Jungle
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Shoot to Kill
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The Wilby Conspiracy
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Uptown Saturday Night
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A Piece of the Action
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Sidney Poitier Awards

Profession: Actor, Director
Born: Feb 20, 1927
Died: Jan 1, 0001
Biography: 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... Continued

Awards

Awarded by	Movie	Category	Year	Status
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	In the Heat of the Night	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	1967	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	A Patch of Blue	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	1965	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Lilies of the Field	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	1963	Winner
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	Lilies of the Field	Best Actor	1963	Winner
Berlin International Film Festival	Lilies of the Field	Silver Bear for Best Actor	1963	Winner
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	A Raisin in the Sun	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	1961	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	Porgy and Bess	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy	1959	Nominee
Hollywood Foreign Press Association	The Defiant Ones	Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama	1958	Nominee
British Academy of Film and Television Arts	The Defiant Ones	Best Foreign Actor	1958	Winner
Berlin International Film Festival	The Defiant Ones	Silver Bear for Best Actor	1958	Winner
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences	The Defiant Ones	Best Actor	1958	Nominee

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