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