Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in The Defiant Ones. Everett Collection. Acting opposite Tony Curtis, Poitier made history — not for the last time — by scoring a Best Actor Oscar nomination, ...

Sidney Poitier died today at 94 and was the first major black film star in Hollywood. ... In the end, Tony Curtis took the part of Joker and was nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars also, ...

Sidney Poitier stars opposite Tony Curtis in 1958's "The Defiant Ones." ... Sidney Poitier is shown embracing the character who plays his mother in the movie "A Raisin in the Sun," released in 1961.

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in a scene from ‘The Defiant Ones’. Poitier was born just two years after the first Academy Awards on May 16, 1929. Thirty years later, ...

In the 1958 movie, The Defiant Ones, Sidney Poitier shared top billing with Tony Curtis, and even as a fugitive, he was hard to dislike. Poitier's name above the title marked a turning point for ...

In 1958, he was the first Black actor nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor for his role as an escaped convict chained to Tony Curtis in "The Defiant Ones." Sidney Poitier 1927-2022 53 photos ...

‘Sidney’ Review: Oprah-Produced Poitier Doc Doesn’t Dig Deeply Enough. ... (Tony Curtis) he has grown to care for, is swept aside so that it can be fully endorsed by Winfrey, ...

Tony Curtis was a strikingly handsome 23-year-old native New ... Award nomination for best actor in “The Defiant Ones,” the convict-escape film in which he was chained to costar Sidney Poitier.

In 1958, Curtis starred alongside Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones.At a time when racial inequality was still deeply entrenched in Hollywood, Curtis insisted that Poitier receive co-starring ...

Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis in a scene from ‘The Defiant Ones’. Poitier was born just two years after the first Academy Awards on May 16, 1929. Thirty years later, ...

Sidney Poitier in a scene from the film ‘Pressure Point’. It wasn’t long ago in American history when signs hung above public restrooms, water fountains, and restaurants proclaiming ...