Joanna Shimkus

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Joanna Marie Shimkus (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. Joanna Marie Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, a Jewish father of Lithuanian descent, and Marie Petrie, a Roman Catholic of Irish descent. Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. She attended a convent school and was brought up in Montreal. She made her debut in 1964 in Jean Aurel's film De l'amour. (She was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard's short "Montparnasse-Levallois," his contribution to the anth…

  • Acting
  • Born 30 October 1943 (age 82)
  • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • 18 credits

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Most-watched Joanna Shimkus films currently: Sidney (2022), Ho ! (1968), The Last Adventure (1967), Boom! (1968), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971).

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Selected TV credits: Dim Dam Dom (1965).

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