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 Catholic of Irish descent. Her father worked for the Royal Canadian Navy. She attended a convent...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
A Time for Loving
as Joan
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
as Lisa Alren
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Yvette
The Uninvited
as Anne
The Lost Man
as Cathy Ellis
Woman in Chains
as Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)
Ho !
as Bénédicte
Boom!
as Miss Black
Zita
as Annie
The Last Adventure
as Laetitia
Idoli controluce
as Alexandra
Montparnasse et Levallois
as Monica
Six in Paris
as Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
All About Loving
as Sophie