Poitier

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As Belafonte later wrote, Poitier told him afterward, half joking, half shaken: “Don’t ever call me again for something like this.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I yelled back, “Sydney!” after Pollack and Poitier.

From Los Angeles Times

We would meet for dinner on occasion and there would be people like Sidney Poitier there.

From Salon

“John Amos was the Sidney Poitier of television,” he continues.

From Los Angeles Times

In my very first film, Sidney Poitier gave me this black box with everything that I would need in it to do my own hair and makeup.

From Salon