Birth place: Miami, Florida
Birth name: Sidney Poitier
Father: Reginald Poitier, tomato farmer
Mother: Evelyn (Outten) Poitier
Marriages: Joanna Shimkus (January 23, 1976-present); Juanita Marie Hardy (April 29, 1950-July 9, 1965, divorced)
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2002 – Receives an honorary Academy Award “in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being.”
2006 – Receives the Marian Anderson Award in recognition of his humanitarian and diplomatic work and the Cunard Britannia Award for Lifetime Contribution to International film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
2008 – Releases new book “Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter.”
July 30, 2009 – Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
May 7, 2013 – His sci-fi book, “Montaro Caine,” is released.
