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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.
Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus shared a decades-long romance. The groundbreaking actor died Thursday night at age 94, PEOPLE confirmed Friday morning. Known for films like Guess Who's Coming...
Joanna Shimkus was born on October 30, 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for The Virgin and the Gypsy (1970), Zita (1968) and The Uninvited (1969). She was previously married to Sidney Poitier.
Joanna Shimkus is a Canadian-born actress, model and producer, best known for starring in movies, such as ‘Zita’ and ‘The Virgin and the Gypsy’. Joanna began her career as a model in Montreal and soon moved to Paris to further boost her position in the fashion industry.
Aug 7, 2021 · Joanna Shimkus and Sidney Poitier meet on the set of The Lost Man and married in 1976; Shimkus stopped acting after 1972 and the birth of their first child.
Joanna Shimkus is a Canadian actress who gained fame in the late 1960s and 1970s for her work in various films. She was born on October 30, 1943, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She is best known as the wife of legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who passed away on January 6, 2022.
Joanna Shimkus Poitier (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier, and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. Shimkus was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to Joseph Shimkus, a Lithuanian-Jew and Marie Petrie, a Catholic of Irish descent.
Jan 6, 2022 · Joanna Shimkus, who goes by Joanna Poitier after marriage, is the second wife of the late veteran actor Sidney Poitier. Shimkus married Poitier in 1976 and was with him until he took his last breath on January 6, 2022.
Jun 15, 2021 · Sidney Poitier is one of Hollywood's most iconic classic stars. But what is there to know about his wife, Joanna Shimkus? Read on to find out.
What did he do? He was a sailor in the Navy.
