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Joanna Shimkus
Acting

Joanna Shimkus
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1943-10-30,Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Gender
Female
Biography
Joanna Shimkus Poitier (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier, and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, a Lithuanian-Jew and Marie Petrie, a Catholic of Irish descent. Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. She attended a convent school and was brought up in Montreal, Quebec. She went to Paris at age nineteen, where she worked as a fashion model and soon attracted the attention of movie people on the lookout for new talent. She made her debut in 1964, in Jean Aurel's film De l'amour. 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 6 January 2022, aged 94. Source: Article "Joanna Shimkus" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

The Last Adventure

6.895

The Last Adventure
1967-04-12

The Virgin and the Gypsy

2.2

The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970-06-01

6.224

Ho!
1968-11-04

6.1

Boom!
1968-05-26

4

The Lost Man
1969-07-11

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker

3.5

The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
1971-08-19

5.188

Zita
1968-01-12

6

The Uninvited
1969-10-31

Montparnasse et Levallois

0

Montparnasse et Levallois
1965-10-07

7.514

Sidney
2022-09-10

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard

6

A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
2022-10-17

A Time for Loving

4

A Time for Loving
1972-04-01

6.5

Six in Paris
1965-05-19

All About Loving

4.615

All About Loving
1964-12-28

Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?

6.4

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

Woman in Chains

7

Woman in Chains
1968-11-20

Idoli controluce

0

Idoli controluce
1965-11-12

6

Dim Dam Dom
1965-03-07