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christina958
What r 30 INTERESTING FACTS about sidney poiter
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christina958
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I dont know yet look on google hahahahahahaha
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1.) Ambassador of the Bahamas to Japan

2.) Ambassador of the Bahamas to the UNEFSCO

3.) First black man to have a leading role in a film

4.) First black man to receive Acaday Award for Best Actor

5.) Is tone deaf

6.) Fluent in Russian

7.) Appointed an Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1974

8.) Full title is Sir Sindey Poitier but he doesn't call himself it

9.) Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania gave him an honorary doctorate degree

10.) When he first came to the US he slept in a bus station

11.) When applying for his first acting job he told the director he was 27 when he was 22

12.) Ex-Brother-in-Law of Archie Moore

13.) Prostate cancer survivor

14.) Received Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award

15.) First African-American actor to place autograph, hand, and footprints in the cement at Grauman's Chinese Theatre (June 23, 1967)

16.) Sits on USC School of Cinema-Television's Board of Councilors

all posted on http://www.whosdatedwho.com/celebrity/trivia/sidney-poitier.htm by user wdwdemo, all sourced from the Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB)
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