Sidney Poitier
1927–2022- Actor and director
American actor and director, born in Miami. Won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Academy Honorary Award and the Golden Globe for Best Actor, Drama.
Pair · Actor and director
Films Sidney Poitier made with Ruby Dee
Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee made five films together, from No Way Out (1950) to Buck and the Preacher (1972). Sidney Poitier directed one of them, Buck and the Preacher (1972). No one worked on more of Ruby Dee's films on this site than Sidney Poitier.
Timeline
- Directed by one of the two
- Both in the cast
- 11 yearsbetween A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and Buck and the Preacher (1972)
From Wikipedia
Poitier acted in the first production of A Raisin in the Sun alongside Ruby Dee on the Broadway stage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1959.
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During this time she took a role in the film noir Edge of the City (1957) starring alongside John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier, and in the film Take a Giant Step (1959) starring with Johnny Nash and Estelle Hemsley.
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Ruby Dee
1922–2014- Actress
American actress, born in Cleveland. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
The 5 films
No Way Out
Sidney Poitier: actor · Ruby Dee: actress
Music: Alfred Newman
Camera: Milton Krasner
Written by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Edge of the City
Sidney Poitier: actor · Ruby Dee: actress
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Camera: Joseph C. Brun
Written by: Robert Alan Aurthur
Our Virgin Island
Sidney Poitier: actor · Ruby Dee: actress
Music: Clifton Parker
Camera: Freddie Francis
Written by: Ring Lardner Jr.
A Raisin in the Sun
Sidney Poitier: actor · Ruby Dee: actress
Music: Laurence Rosenthal
Camera: Charles Lawton Jr.
Written by: Lorraine Hansberry
Buck and the Preacher
Sidney Poitier: director and actor · Ruby Dee: actress
Music: Benny Carter
Camera: Alex Phillips Jr.
Written by: Ernest Kinoy
See also
- Sidney Poitier and Richard Widmark4 films together
- Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte2 films together
- Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes2 films together
- John Cassavetes and Ruby Dee2 films together
- Louis Gossett Jr. and Ruby Dee2 films together
Worked with both
- Richard Widmark4 films with Sidney Poitier, 1 with Ruby Dee
- James Earl Jones2 films with Sidney Poitier, 2 with Ruby Dee
- John Cassavetes2 films with Sidney Poitier, 2 with Ruby Dee
- Eartha Kitt1 film with Sidney Poitier, 2 with Ruby Dee
- Harry Belafonte2 films with Sidney Poitier, 1 with Ruby Dee
- Shelley Winters2 films with Sidney Poitier, 1 with Ruby Dee