Movie Actor, Sidney Poitier was born on February 20, 1924. He was born prematurely and was not expected to survive. His father had already prepared for his burial, but he miraculously recovered. His Family moved to the Bahamas, where he grew up. He was the youngest of eight siblings. Poitier dropped out of school after only 1 and a half years to help his sick father tend to the tomato farm. At age 15, he moved back to Miami …showed first 75 words of 716 total…

…showed last 75 words of 716 total…later in The Jackal Starring Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. He is now in his seventies, but he still receives scripts. He still uses the same policy when he chooses his roles; “I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or ten or twelve scripts came per month, but I always had the ability to say no. That’s how I called my own shots.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**