
Joanna Shimkus
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 Ca...
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
BirthdateOctober 30, 1943(82 years old)
Place of BirthHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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L’estate di Joe, Liz e Richard
as Self
6.0

Sidney
as Self
7.4

A Time for Loving
as Joan
4.7

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Lisa Alren
3.0

The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Yvette
2.1

The Uninvited
as Anne
6.0

The Lost Man
as Cathy Ellis
3.2

Woman in Chains
as Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)
6.9

Ho !
as Bénédicte
6.3

Boom!
as Miss Black
5.9