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A Patch of Blue

film by Green [1965]
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    • Sidney Poitier
      Sidney Poitier
      / Hollywood trailblazer

      …blind girl (Elizabeth Hartman) in A Patch of Blue (1965); the moving drama also starred Shelley Winters as her abusive mother.

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    • Shelley Winters
      Shelley Winters

      …of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received nominations as best actress for A Place in the Sun (1951) and supporting actress for The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

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      …of Anne Frank (1959) and A Patch of Blue (1965), and received nominations as best actress for A Place in the Sun (1951) and supporting actress for The Poseidon Adventure (1972).

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