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In 1963 Sidney poiter became the first black person to win an Academy Award for best actor name the movie in which it was received?
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoSidney Poitier, who won for his performance in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
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∙ 13y agoPoitier won for "Lilies of the Field," in which he played handyman Homer Smith, who builds a chapel for immigrant German nuns in Arizona.
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∙ 12y agoHe won the best actor 'Oscar' in 1963 for Lilies in the Field
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