Joanna Shimkus

Joanna Shimkus

Acting
18 Movies 1 TV Shows

Born

October 30, 1943

Place of Birth

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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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 schoo…

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Filmography