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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier, here interviewed on 'Woman's Hour' in 1961, talks about family life, his Bahamian roots and his first steps towards becoming an actor. He also discusses how he deals with the pressure of the huge public attention paid to his roles in films due to the fact that he is one of the first black American actors to achieve mainstream success.
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