Hollywood has lost a true icon with the death of Sidney Poitier ... Playing on the premise that “love is blind,” in “A Patch of Blue,” Poitier played a Black man who befriends a young ...

Poitier got his first Hollywood break playing the only Black intern in a white urban hospital who has to treat a racist criminal (Richard Widmark) in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's liberal message movie ...

In his big-screen debut, Sidney Poitier makes a memorable ... “A Patch of Blue” (1965) Poitier’s Gordon Ralfe falls for a poor blind white girl (Elizabeth Hartman) in this drama — which ...

NEW YORK — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and ... He was the courtly office worker who falls in love with a blind white girl in “A Patch of Blue.” He was the handyman in “Lilies ...

Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the ... had a chaste romance with a blind white woman.

James Hibberd Sidney Poitier has died at the age of 94, it was announced Friday, but the graceful and regal actor left behind a lifetime of legendary roles. As Hollywood’s first Black movie star ...

By Noel Murray Sidney Poitier ... and the first movie to watch from this batch. As a kindly soul who helps a poor, abused blind teenager stand up for herself, Poitier is saintly but grounded.

Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives Jan 7, 2022, ... 4:46 pm REMOVES REFERENCE TO THE BAHAMAS - FILE - Actor Sidney Poitier poses for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. on June 2, ...

(CNN) --Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood's first Black movie star and the ... a chaste romance with a blind white woman.

Hollywood has lost a true icon with the death of Sidney Poitier ... Playing on the premise that “love is blind,” in “A Patch of Blue,” Poitier played a Black man who befriends a young ...

Sidney Poitier, who died Thursday at 94 ... He was the courtly office worker who falls in love with a blind white girl in “A Patch of Blue.” He was the handyman in “Lilies of the Field ...