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Joanna Shimkus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Joanna Shimkus Poitier, Joanna Marie Poitier
Canadian actress
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Vinony's link graph records 37 inbound references to Joanna Shimkus, and connects out to Halifax, Montreal and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under 1943 births, Actresses from Halifax, Nova Scotia and BLP articles lacking sources from January 2022.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Sidney Poitier
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- A Summer with Joe, Liz and Richard — Self2025
- Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood — Self (archive) - Sidney Poitier's second wife2023
- Sidney — Self2022
- A Time for Loving — Joan1972
- The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker — Lisa Alren1971
- The Virgin and the Gypsy — Yvette1970
- The Lost Man — Cathy Ellis1969
- The Uninvited — Anne1969
- Ho ! — Bénédicte1968
- Boom! — Miss Black1968
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 854
- Total plays
- 2,038
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