The Coronet writer was quite correct when he identified Sidney Poitier (1927 – 2022) the first actor of African descent to earn beaucoup bucks and achieve leading-man status in dramatic rolls in Hollywood. Born and raised in the Bahamas, Poitier’s predecessors in the film colony were many, but they were all song and dance men.
This article lucidly outlines what made Poitier such a different man.
Before there was Sidney Poitier, there was “Farina”…
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