Joanna Shimkus, Acting - KorPlix:Korean Person Archives

Back

Back

Top

Korplix
Korean Online
Content Archives

0
1.6411

Joanna Shimkus
Acting

Joanna Shimkus
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-10-30,Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender
Female
Biography
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 anthology film Six in Paris; it was shot in December 1963, but the film was not released until 1965.) She was then noticed by film director Robert Enrico, who selected her to appear in three of his films; Les aventuriers (1967), opposite Alain Delon and Lino Ventura, Tante Zita (1968), and Ho! (1968). She appeared in Joseph Losey's film Boom! (1968), opposite Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and The Lost Man (1969), opposite Sidney Poitier. Her film career continued until the early 1970s, including roles in L'Invitée (1969), The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971), and A Time for Loving (1972). Shimkus married Sidney Poitier in 1976, and they have two daughters: Anika and Sydney Tamiia, who is also an actress. Shimkus has three grandchildren; two from Anika and one from Sydney Tamiia. Sidney Poitier died on January 6, 2022, aged 94. Source: Article "Joanna Shimkus" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Filmography

The Last Adventure

6.9

The Last Adventure
1967-04-12

The Virgin and the Gypsy

3.1

The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970-06-01

6.3

Ho !
1968-11-04

5.9

Boom!
1968-05-26

4.3

The Lost Man
1969-07-11

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

4.2

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971-08-19

5

Zita
1968-01-12

6.1

The Uninvited
1969-10-31

Montparnasse et Levallois

4.5

Montparnasse et Levallois
1965-10-07

6.9

Sidney
2022-09-10

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

6

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2025-06-04

A Time for Loving

5

A Time for Loving
1972-04-01

6.6

Six in Paris
1965-05-19

All About Loving

4.7

All About Loving
1964-12-28

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

6.5

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
1966-10-21

Woman in Chains

6.981

Woman in Chains
1968-11-20

Idoli controluce

10

Idoli controluce
1965-11-12

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

3.6

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023-01-23

8

Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07