Joanna Shimkus
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — Oct 30 1943
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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-…
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Joanna Shimkus's Credits
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Dim Dam Dom
Self
Sidney
Self
Woman in Chains
Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)
Boom!
Miss Black
A Time for Loving
Joan
Ho !
Bénédicte
The Lost Man
Cathy Ellis
The Last Adventure
Laetitia
All About Loving
Sophie
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
Lisa Alren
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Yvette
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
Six in Paris
Monica (segment "Montparnasse-Levallois")
The Uninvited
Anne
Idoli controluce
Alexandra
Zita
Annie
A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard
Self
Montparnasse et Levallois
Monica