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Joanna Shimkus

Joanna Shimkus

Acting 1943-10-30 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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 …

Known For

Dim Dam Dom
TV ⭐ 8.0
Dim Dam Dom 1965
The Lost Man
MOV ⭐ 4.3
The Lost Man 1969
Sidney
MOV ⭐ 7.0
Sidney 2022
Boom!
MOV ⭐ 5.9
Boom! 1968
Ho !
MOV ⭐ 6.3
Ho ! 1968
All About Loving
MOV ⭐ 4.7
All About Loving 1964
Woman in Chains
MOV ⭐ 7.0
Woman in Chains 1968
The Last Adventure
MOV ⭐ 6.9
The Last Adventure 1967
Zita
MOV ⭐ 5.1
Zita 1968
The Uninvited
MOV ⭐ 6.1
The Uninvited 1969
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
MOV ⭐ 4.3
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker 1971
Six in Paris
MOV ⭐ 6.7
Six in Paris 1965
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
MOV ⭐ 6.5
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? 1966
The Virgin and the Gypsy
MOV ⭐ 3.1
The Virgin and the Gypsy 1970
A Time for Loving
MOV ⭐ 5.3
A Time for Loving 1972
Montparnasse et Levallois
MOV ⭐ 4.0
Montparnasse et Levallois 1965
Idoli controluce
MOV ⭐ 10.0
Idoli controluce 1965
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
MOV ⭐ 3.0
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood 2023
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
MOV ⭐ 6.0
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard 2025