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  1. Joanna Marie Shimkus [1] (born 30 October 1943) is a Canadian film actress. She is the widow of actor Sidney Poitier and mother of actress Sydney Tamiia Poitier. [2] [3]

  2. Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier married Joanna Shimkus, a Canadian actress, in 1976, and he told PEOPLE in 2016 that "my wife and my children mean the most to me". Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus shared a ...

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  3. Jun 15, 2021 · Joanna Shimkus was born in Nova Scotia, Canada, and made her way to the United States where she enjoyed a burgeoning acting career in the 1960s, per IMDb.The actor made her on-screen debut in 1964 ...

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  5. Aug 7, 2021 · It was on the film set where the Academy Award-winner met his future wife, Joanna Shimkus, a fellow actor who was drawn to Poitier while filming the movie, per Closer Weekly. Poitier married Shimkus in 1976, over a decade after divorcing his first wife, Juanita Hardy in 1965 (via Women's Health ). The couple has been married for more than four ...

  6. Joanna Shimkus. Actress: The Virgin and the Gypsy. Joanna Shimkus was born on 30 October 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).

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  7. Jan 7, 2022 · Joanna Shimkus is a former actress and model (Image via Joan Adlen/Gettiy Images) Joanna Shimkus Poitier is a Canadian-Lithuanian actress. She was born on October 30, 1943, in Halifax, Nava Scotia ...

  8. Jan 7, 2022 · Sidney Poitier’s second wife was Joanna Shimkus, an actress he met on the set of the 1969 movie The Lost Man, in which they played love interests, Jason Higgs and Cathy Ellis. They married on ...

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