... dishwashing job, but listened to the radio to try and change his accent. When an elderly Jewish man taught him to read he went back to the theater and asked them to hire him as a janitor in exchange for acting lessons. Poitier soon became an understudy for Harry Belafonte in Days of Our Youth, a play. After he appeared in the play on night he got ... small role in the Greek comedy Lysistrata . On the night of the play Poitier was so nervous he said the word lines and ran off stage. But critics loved him and he ... more work. In 1950, Poitier made his first film. It was called No Way Ou...

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