Acting
Joanna Shimkus
- Born
- Oct 30, 1943 · Age 83
- Place of birth
- Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Gender
- Female
- Movie credits
- 18
- TV credits
- 1
Also known as (2)
- Joanna Schimkus
- Johanna Shimkus
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 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-Levallois," his contribution to the…
